Actress January Jones recently announced that she was pregnant with her first child last week. Unlike most celebrities, however, she refused to name the father of the baby and said through his rep that it intends to be a single mother. But while the decision is unusual, it is not alone. HOT SHOTS: January Jones. Last year's "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi did not announce was the father of her first child. INA a custody subsequent battle, the father revealed be Adam Dell, brother of computing giant Michael Dell. Movie star Minnie Driver gave birth nearly three years ago and does not publicly disclose the identity of the father. Former "Spice Girl" Geri Halliwell also remained mum about her baby daddy when she fell pregnant in 2006. Thus while the secret of celebrity likely stems from privacy, does anything on the rights of custody of fathers?
"The fathers of their children have an equal right to custody... If they wish to exercise this right." The flip side of that is that if they are not married, these men would be required to provide support for the child until the child is 18 years, ", explained the California Attorney, David e. Wohl." "(The father is often not named) because of legal issues such as alimony for children, legal and physical custody and visits of rights are negotiated." "These negotiations can be long and sometimes one of the issues is the confidentiality of the identity of the father - especially if the father is married to someone else." Even if paternity is not named on the birth certificate, Wohl said that the father has a duration limited to occur. "If the father is not named on the birth certificate and they believe that they are the father biological or legal, they have usually two years, or in some States three years, after the birth of the child to request a paternity test" he said. "" "". If no father is named and no advance not to claim paternity and then the child will no legal dad. Another reality is that the MOM know just perhaps not who is the father, and she may be embarrassed to admit that! If she is a star in rich self sufficient, the child could be well treated in any event. Even if it wants to, how much a star under the spotlight retain the father of their nameless child? After all, the secret well guarded of Lakshmi was exposed when Dell has sued it for custody in January - but he never took legal measures, his identity could have potentially hidden forever. Wohl, if it can keep its mouth closed, and the father does not pursue custody, the answer is: forever. "A mother is not legally required to name the father of her child," said Wohl. "" Even if it applies to public assistance, it is not forced to appoint a father"."
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