Walk It Through: The Baby, The Names, And The Visits
A couple who never married, a form at the hospital, a grandmother cut off, and a name taken back.
A couple has lived together for years without a wedding, and a baby is on the way.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One family over several years. Custody and support, a paternity action in court, genetic testing, and when publication of a name change is waived are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Clear and convincing evidenceThe standard of proof the person asking for a guardian has to meet to show that a guardian of the person, of the estate, or of both is necessary.
- Grandparent visitationA reasonable right to visit an unmarried minor child that a district court may grant grandparents, great grandparents and some others in the situations the section lists, such as a parent's death, divorce or loss of parental rights, and only after a parent denied or unreasonably restricted visits.
- Presumed fatherA man the law presumes to be a child's natural father, such as one married to the mother when the child was born or within 285 days after the marriage ended, or one who took the child into his home and openly held the child out as his own.
- Voluntary acknowledgment of paternityA signed declaration that has the same effect as a court judgment once the rescission period ends, without a court having to ratify it. A signer may rescind within 60 days after both sign.
- Common law marriageA marriage made by consent alone, without solemnization. Nevada recognizes none formed after March 29, 1943.