I guess it depends on the father. Bobby was definitely within his rights to fight harder to be a bigger part of Lucas’s life, but that really wasn’t the way Bobby was going to go about doing things. He didn’t want to cause more pain for Jenna and Ray. And I think the fact that Jenna told him she was still in love with him made him realize it was probably better to just stay away.
Well by this time, Pam had left him and he was embroiled in that custody dispute over Christopher. Not to mention what was happening with Ewing oil. Lucas was not high on the priority list.
The money would have helped, but wasn't the whole Ewing family in disgrace over events the previous season? Dallas courts might not have been as sympathetic after all that. Bobby also would not look good in a Family Court .... he abandoned the woman he got pregnant.
Bobby would have looked just fine in family court, he offered financial assistance and whatever else Jenna needed for Lucas, which she rejected. Jenna on the other hand falsified the name of Charlie 's father on her birth certificate and had affairs with married men while raising a young child. Any judge would have upheld Bobby's parental rights in a heartbeat.
Bobby abandoned the woman he got pregnant for someone else. This after promising her and her daughter they would marry and be a family. He was involved in shady adoption activities, as well as shady business practices. Those business practices led to shootouts and involvement with the Federal government.
I was surprised how this got swept under the rug for years only to resurface when Lisa sued for custody of Christopher. I thought Bobby was done when he had to admit everything he did, on the stand no less, but apparently it didn’t matter.
Well I would think it would surface in a custody dispute. I know it was a dream, but I always wondered of Ray's mercy killing wouldn't have been a factor when he and Donna were trying to adopt Tony.
Bobby and Pam seem to think their money was enough to buy children. First Christopher, then Lucas. So glad Jenna kicked them to the curb.
I was wondering myself during that adoption storyline if it would come up so it was nice continuity that it did at one point. I’d be concerned if what Ray did didn’t come back to haunt him during an adoption case. At least they didn’t just rewrite it out.
Well the practices of Ewing Oil had everyone fleeing to California, then got Bobby's nephew kidnapped and involved in a shootout. Makes Jenna's birth certificate stuff and affairs seem rather tame. BTW, Bobby doesn't have parental rights .... he has to go to court to attempt to get them. He can then explain to a court why he broke his promise to a child he said was just like a daughter to him, and abandoned Lucas and his mother. With all the Ewings money and influence good luck with that.
There was no need for Miss Ellie to raise Lucas.
True. But there was no need for her to raise Lucy either.
That's not the way it works,, both parents have parental rights when a child is born, a petition to terminate the parental rights of one of both parents would have to be filed in court.