Whatever we may think of him, the father has rights.
And the biggest is to keep it in his pants if he’s not ready for the consequences, and should be paying support.
Re: 5 - Maybe, depending on the state.
He also likely has a legal obligation to support that child.
Wonder if he has now done the right thing. We know he previously didn’t when he would not accept responsibility for his child.
Whatever we may think of him, the father has responsibilities.
AND responsibilities.
Depends on the state. Some places two years of non-support and no involvment with the child, and rights can be terminated. Sometimes that's better for the child and mother than the constant fight to get a few dollars from a deadbeat.
More interesting, and certainly more rare, are the cases where the mother hoofs it and dumps the child on the father.
His rights don’t include murdering his baby