CakezbyMarie:
Yes! He denied her, right now he has no right whatsoever another man has paid for the total package..

ifyalways:

The step father cannot legally adopt the child unless there's a written, signed and stamped document proving the biological father is dead or/and does not want the child.

category:
There is no law here. Law is based on evidence. On what ground are you (biological father) claiming the child.
1) You had earlier denied responsibility for the pregnancy
2) You paid now dowry
3) There was no registration of marriage (marriage registry)
However, the foster father took responsibility of the pregnancy (even though he was nos responsible), paid the dowry and i suppose, also married the lady properly (registry/church).
Remember that in extreme circumstances, in some marriages, a man may agree for another man to father his own children (that can be a contract).
So whosoever consummated a proper marriage is the father of the child.


Disclaimer
My opinion though!!!

lilfreezy:
The guy didn't pay any bride price. He impregnated the young girl and didn't take full responsibility, and now he wants the child? See ehn if na my people dem for locate the guy and his family and deal with him for opening his mouth.

nkwuocha1:


This was my argument, but my parents shut me off.They insisted the real father has no rights whatsoever on the child.

GoHost:
The law will not allow a custom or tradition that is repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience to prevail.

Though the guy was wrong to have denied his child, the law will not grant paternity to another person because of that. At best, the Court will not grant "Custody" of the child to him because he has acted irresponsibly, and cannot be guaranteed to have the "best interest of the child ".

Be informed, that the Court has ruled in several cases that "a tradition that gives to another man a child that is not his is repugnant to natural justice "

If it gets to trial, there is this rebuttable presumption that the child birthed during the pendency of a marriage is the "child of the marriage" (with exceptions though). Once that presumption is challenged, there will be a visit to the Lab for DNA test.

However, since the argument ain't between two men claiming to have impregnated the lady, paternity is in fact not in issue here. I do not see a "NIGERIAN" Court granting paternity to another man cause the real father bailed.


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But the child sef go gree acknowledge that type of father?

DaudaAbu:

which One be real father here. The pregnancy that he has denied?

And if the lady too can jst change her story ajd say its a mistake he is not the real father she jst wanted to tie him down before, then that is all

Even if she changes her story Millions Of Times, how would that disprove that the boy in question is the father of the child? When his DNA is fully existing in the child’s genes.

WrathOfHadez:
Most customs are unknown to law! And in law, marrying a mother and pregnant woman doesn’t make you a father of the child.

And we must remember that while a court of law may acknowledge the biological father as responsible for the pregnancy , it may still deny him custody. Especially in the light of his irresponsibility. Still no law will grant the husband father status.

So there are two things involved here: Custody of the child and paternity status.

donbenie:
So,what exactly is natural justice and equity and good justice about a man who rejected and denied a pregnancy and later turned around to claim what he NEVER wanted..which meanwhile,another man knowing fully well the baby ain't his biologically still accepts full responsibility of training the child..there's more to being a Dad than merely lying between a woman's legs..
Where I come from,he does not have any case as long as he didn't pay the bride price and he can go hang because he will never get a whiff of the child..

donbenie:
So,what exactly is natural justice and equity and good justice about a man who rejected and denied a pregnancy and later turned around to claim what he NEVER wanted..which meanwhile,another man knowing fully well the baby ain't his biologically still accepts full responsibility of training the child..there's more to being a Dad than merely lying between a woman's legs..
Where I come from,he does not have any case as long as he didn't pay the bride price and he can go hang because he will never get a whiff of the child..

MrBottle:
That family needs to be poisoned for having the effrontery to ask for " their rejected fetus".

I don't know about any law but that's my own natural law to apply in this case.

donbenie:
So,what exactly is natural justice and equity and good justice about a man who rejected and denied a pregnancy and later turned around to claim what he NEVER wanted..which meanwhile,another man knowing fully well the baby ain't his biologically still accepts full responsibility of training the child..there's more to being a Dad than merely lying between a woman's legs..
Where I come from,he does not have any case as long as he didn't pay the bride price and he can go hang because he will never get a whiff of the child..

rigor14:
Culture, the man who paid the bride price owns the child, if they are all Igbos, then he should know that the child belongs to the new man (husband).

nkwuocha1:


Here is a vivid answer. But can the court grant the real father custody after a claim that he was never aware he was the true father of the child has the girl claim?Again knowing fully well that DNA takes a long time ,he can also claim he wanted a DNA test only to find out the girl got married to another man with his child?

donbenie:
So,what exactly is natural justice and equity and good justice about a man who rejected and denied a pregnancy and later turned around to claim what he NEVER wanted..which meanwhile,another man knowing fully well the baby ain't his biologically still accepts full responsibility of training the child..there's more to being a Dad than merely lying between a woman's legs..
Where I come from,he does not have any case as long as he didn't pay the bride price and he can go hang because he will never get a whiff of the child..

WrathOfHadez:
At the infantile stage of the child, the law will be justifiably bias in Favour of the mother. Infants need their mothers’ care like we need air. And no court will grant the runaway father custody at this stage.

If I were the dude, I will go for acknowledgement of the child as mine by claiming she eloped with my child because she found a suitor who is richer.

This will trigger a court ordering a dna test. When the child matures, then sue for custody. But it will be helpful if he can get evidence of neglect or parental irresponsibility especially from the mother to help his course.

rigor14:
Culture, the man who paid the bride price owns the child, if they are all Igbos, then he should know that the child belongs to the new man (husband).

CakezbyMarie:
He rejected the baby..Soo new husband is the father

Adeoba10:
I don't know whats wrong with some men and all these slay queen. What about if the lady has aborted the fetus then, will he be asking for any child now..... So after dodging his responsibility to pay natal and anti natal fee, he's now coming forward to claim his child.... In order no to jeopardize the innocent boy future, let them hasten with the boy travelling processing and take him out of the country....

lilfreezy:
The guy didn't pay any bride price. He impregnated the young girl and didn't take full responsibility, and now he wants the child? See ehn if na my people dem for locate the guy and his family and deal with him for opening his mouth.

nkwuocha1:


Elopement won't fly.She was nurtured and bills paid for by the Yoruba husband. Therefore the birth of the child and nurturing from time immemorial has always been the responsibility of the husband.

CakezbyMarie:
He rejected the baby..Soo new husband is the father

ifyalways:
Biological dad remains the dad until he writes, signs on paper that he's not.

Rejecting a pregnancy/child verbatim and going awol does not erase his DNA from the child. (reason girls should be careful of who they open their legs for)

The step dad can only be the child's guardian.