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To achieve this, the father must prove to the judge that, with sole custody, he would better care for, support, and protect the child in a manner superior to sharing custody with the mother. This type of ruling is one a judge may be hesitant to make because a judge's role is to uphold the law as closely as possible.
That parent must go to court and get legal custody. The court awards custody to the parent it decides can best raise the child. Unmarried Parents. The mother of a child born out of wedlock has all rights to custody of the child.
That parent must go to court and get legal custody. The court awards custody to the parent it decides can best raise the child. Unmarried Parents. The mother of a child born out of wedlock has all rights to custody of the child.
?In all custody cases in which the child has reached the age of 14 years, the child shall have the right to select the parent with whom he or she desires to live. The child's selection for purposes of custody shall be presumptive unless the parent so selected is determined not to be in the best interests of the child."
A child as young as 11 years old can have input regarding their physical custodian. In Georgia, children between the ages of 11 and 14 may also have some input into their physical custody decision. In these cases, a judge may consider a child's desires between 11 and 14 in determining which parent shall have custody.