Family Law- I raised my twin sons for three years on my own. PLEASE READ?

Sounds like you are NOT a biological parent, but somehow raised the children as a custodial parent. That is not good news for you. Generally you have little chance to win any kind of visitation.

I am sorry you will probably have to wait until the children reach the legal age.

first you took the paternity test, ( I have to ask why)

in some states the father listed on the birth certificate after a certain time retains his rights, but only in a few states.

Sadly there is little you can do legally. I would try and talk to the mother of the children and try and work out a deal with her.

The mother's maternity is rarely questioned for the obvious reasons, it sounds like the paternity test showed you were not the father.

What did the judge say when he took them, when and where did you learn that you had no rights to them? How old are they? Is the mother done with her drug habit, how did she get the children from you after that?

Really, one needs more information to provide a reasonable answer for your question.

Sounds like a terrible thing for you and the children to go through. I hope you're all ok.

Im not sure on this one but i believe that since your name is on the birth certificate you are a legal guardian of course and therefor you have rights to the children. but whoever has the children at this time most likely has some kind of connection with the children if they are with them. (not sure if its the mother's mother or an adopted family). Overall you have rights to the children. You did sign the birth certificate. It all depends now on how lenient the judge is and how connected you really are. Just so you know i am just an ordinary person who knows a lot about law so i might be slightly wrong. definitly listen to others opinions!!

Can you be more specific? How did the paternity test come out? Are they not your sons? What state are you in? You need to post this information because laws vary from state to state.

paternity tests dont need the mother unless your testing the mothers actual blood relation to the kids which is kinda obvious, they only need the father's DNA and the kid's DNA to test wheither he is the actual father of the kids

omigosh I feel horrible for you! You are the legal father and you should get a state attorney to cover you. Check ammendment 6 and fet back to the state.

Why should the mother get tested? Unless you are alleging that she didn't give birth to them, I don't see how her DNA matters. Are you alleging that third party children were switched with yours?

Maybe there's an attorney who will take the case 'pro bono'.

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