My friend started seeing this girl casually. Later he found out she was pregnant. He doesn't know much about her. He only knows her name, age, and I think he might have found her home address online but we're not sure it's hers. They agreed she was going to get an abortion. He broke things off with her 2 days before she was suppose to get an abortion and lost contact w/her. He later found out that she never went through with the abortion. He called her and she told him that she has since rekindled things with her estranged husband, and plans to put her husband's name on the birth certificate. My friend wants to be apart of his child's life if she plans to keep the baby, but she won't talk to him. How can he establish paternity if the mother's husband's name is on the birth certificate. Can he petition for paternity if she won't tell him anything about when the baby is born, and the baby's name? What happens if her husband refuses to remove his name from the baby's birth certificate? Both her and her husband are being uncooperative, and refusing to talk to my friend. Her husband wants to assume the role of father. What are his chances here, to be in his kids life?
If she is married a "father" cannot file a paternity claim unless mother and husband agree.
If the child is his biological child, yes, there should be ways for him to establish that and assert his constitutional rights to be involved in rearing the child.
There should be a mechanism under the various relevant laws to seek a paternity test, but it would require research. There’s more information at https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-law-about-paternity-parentage. Service of process to begin a parentage case can be accomplished in a variety of ways when the other party’s address is not currently certain.
