Does my biological father have any legal rights if there is no proof he is my father and he has been absent while another man raised me?
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Does my biological father have any legal rights if there is no proof he is my father and he has been absent while another man raised me?
I would really like to enlist but I need my parent’s signatures but my biological father is basically refusing to do so. Is there any way around this at all?
Asked on September 5, 2012 under Family Law, Colorado
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If your biological father is not named as your father on your birth certificate and absent any court order declaring him your father under the laws of all states in this country he has no legal rights with respect to you. The law would view him as some third party unrelated person from what you have written.
For you to enlist in our country's military based upon what you have written, you need your mother's signature on the appropriate form provided by the desired service branch if you are a minor or you wait until you are an adult which would be age 18 to enlist.
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