P.E.R.S.I.S.T.

Parents Equal Rights Should Include Shared Trust

It's the God given right, of every child, to have both their biological parents in their lives.
[Until/Unless such time, as a parent(s) abuse(s) this right, at it's legally and just-fully taken away]

Biological Mothers, are given (by Law) full Parental Rights to a child, at birth.
Biological Fathers, are not necessarily given the same full Parental Rights.

Unwed Biological Fathers, are given (by Law or lack thereof) no Parental Rights to a child, at birth.

Until such time, as the Parents go before the Court, and the Court officially (and legally) acknowledges, the Unwed Biological Father, as the father of the child, the Unwed Biological Father has no Parental Rights.
Even then, this official (and legal) acknowledgment, is for the sole purpose of establishing Child Support for the child in question.  This means that Child Custody and Child Visitation, is a matter for another Court, not for this purpose or concern.  Therefore, the Unwed Biological Father, still has not been given any true Parental Rights, except the right to pay Child Support for the child to the Biological Mother.

To put this in some harsh perspective, the Biological Mother has the legal right, to move away with the child without the knowledge or consent of the Unwed Biological Father, and never has to tell him, where they are.  Also, the Biological Mother, can go one step further, and marry another man and allow him to adopt their daughter, without the knowledge or consent of the Unwed Biological Father.

This means, should the unwed parents never get to go to Court to establish the parental-ship of the Unwed Biological Father, he could legally, never see his child ever again, lose the relationship with that child forever.
Yes, this is a harsh but very true reality, I know because it happened to me.

Therefore, I have created P.E.R.S.I.S.T. to try to right, this terrible wrong.

I have even created an online petition asking the US Federal Government, our President, to consider doing something about this issue, but I need your help, please read below:

Dear friends,

I wanted to let you know about a new petition I created on We the People, a  
new feature on WhiteHouse.gov, and ask for your support. Will you add your  
name to mine?  If this petition gets 25,000 signatures by November 03, 2011,  
the White House will review it and respond!

We the People allows anyone to create and sign petitions asking the Obama  
Administration to take action on a range of issues.  If a petition gets  
enough support, the Obama Administration will issue an official response.

You can view and sign the petition here:

http://wh.gov/2cT

Here's some more information about this petition:

Give Unwed Fathers Equal Rights under the Law, so that no Biological Mother,  
can take a child away, forever.
Parents Equal Rights Should Include Shared Trust
This includes the Parental Rights of Fathers, as well as Mothers.  Currently,  
the Courts only see Fathers, as a means of child support, for Mothers and  
their children and nothing more.  Unwed Fathers, under the Law, have no  
Parental Rights, until acknowledged by the Court, and then only as a means  
for Child Support.  Biological Mothers are given full Parental Rights, at the  
birth of a child.  Which means, the Biological Mother can withhold  
visitation, can move anywhere, with the child, without the Unwed  
Father's consent, and even worse, can marry another man, and have that  
man legally adopt the child without the consent of the Unwed Father, legally  
withholding his Parental Rights, forever.  Our goal, is to make things equal  
under the Law.

Thank you, for your time, consideration, and cooperation, I truly appreciate it.

Together, we can help the next Unwed Biological Father, not agonize on a daily basis, with what I do.