I am a never married single mother in IL, so I will try to answer your questions as best I can, where I can. I am going to add my answers in color so they are clearly seperate from your questions.
I have some questions, so I will add them below the quoted post with my answers. (leaving quotes off purposely).
1/2/08 Lacey had her baby boy, around 8 PM. in the Kankakee Hospital 8 lbs. 3 oz
Baby's name - *
Obit
Father's name - **
PET TO ESTABLISH PARENTAGE
Wedding invites -father's name is hyphenated using both Baby last name and his last name from Petition with the 1st name changed (1st vowel to an "o")
1) Why is baby's last name different than fathers?
Legally, She can give the child any last name she wants.
2) Why does father use different names on wedding invitation and petition for parent?
???? Can you share the different last names on the forum? Did you? I have not read all the posts.
3) Does father need to prove who he is and his parentage of baby to either gain or sign over legal custody?
Illinois is a default state. What that means is an unmarried mother automatically has sole physical and legal custody of her child. If a father wishes to establish paternity, and paternal rights, he must either sign what is called a VOP or voluntary acknowledgement of paternity or he can request a DNA test. When a DNA test is done, the parents being tested must show ID to prove who they are, and the testing facility, in our case was at a hospital, takes an instant photo of those being tested to prove who was there. Our DNA test was done by DNA diagnostics which is an approved DNA center by Cook County. By establishing paternal rights, this does not affect custody or visitation. It simply grants the parent paternal rights. Which, in the event one parent dies, the father has first rights to the child, unless there is reason the courts see that he should not have primary custody. Once paternity is established the fathers name is added to the birth certificate. It is against the law in Illinois ( and I believe many other states) for an unmarried woman to add a fathers name to a birth certificate unless the father either signs the VOP, or paternity is established via DNA testing. Until either is done, the fathers name remains BLANK. (My original copy of my sons bc had no fathers name listed). Child support enforcement normally does this, or the father can request it be done once paternity is established. Establishment of paternity does NOT grant the father physical or legal custody of any kind. If he wishes to seek any kind of physical or legal custody he must petition the courts to seek such.
4) Will father just say it's ok no need for paper, you can raise baby just let me see him. Can Lacey's family request legal guardianship with court without father's signature?
NO Where is legal guardianship filed?
Not sure, but I believe that must be done through the courts.
5) Why falsely list fathers name on birth certificate?
Who is listed as the father? To possibly help father avoid paying child support?
Was there ever an order for support? Does birth certificate require proper ID from father?
Yes, unless it is done via the VOP. However the VOP form for Illinois -which a mother receives from the hospital when she is unmarried- or she can get another from the court if she filed for child support- requires a witness signaturefor both the mother and fathers signatures. I don't recall if the witness address is required, but I believe it is. I still have a copy of our VOP, if you have any questions about the form. ( we did our own DNA test, because the courts were so slow and then signed the VOP, which is why we did both.)
6) Why would father need to establish parentage if his name was on birth certificate.
In Illinois, he could not be on the birth certificate unless he signed the voluntary acknowledgement of paternity or established paternity via a dna test.
7) Why did father plead with Lacey to not go to court? Yet he then petitions court for parentage?
Could it be he pled for her to not take him to court for child support but still established paternity? Paternity could be established, without an order for child support - I think. All he had to do was sign the VOP and then his name would be added to the Birth Cert. It would not automatically establish child support or any rights other than parentage rights.
8) Could father fool the family court and get visitation - by using a different name?
Hoping his status as illegal alien will protect him? I think, that anyone wishing to establish visitation, would have to have the same name on the birth cert. I'm confused without further details/info on the various names. However, as I said earlier, I have not read the full thread.
9) Did Lacey know the father wouldn't want his true ID exposed and she felt this gave her the upper hand? It's been reported Lacey wanted new boyfriend to adopt baby - why did she think this was not only possible? But also probable?
If she wanted new boyfriend to adopt baby, the courts would still require she make attempt to contact birth father. Even if she claimed birth father unknown, she would have still legally had to make attempts by giving a great amount of personal info via classified legal ads in the paper. IF no one claimed paternity after a certain amount of time, the courts would then allow someone else to adopt the child. It's actually quite sad in a way and protective of fathers rights. Especially in rape cases that were never reported - but that is a whole other direction. The courts would require she prove due diligence to find the birth father and get his permission to allow an adoption.
10) On the petition for parentage - the last motion was STRIKE FROM CALL on 9/25/2009 - Why? Did a party not follow court instruction? Why?
Perhaps the father did not show up for court to follow through on establishing paternity? I will have to look more into this.
11) What ever happened to the possible shooting in Schaumburg, IL (5 yrs ago). Has anyone see a mug-shot of perp? Perp supposedly charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon - he shot his girlfriends boyfriend or shot at him. Perp allegedly used an alias to avoid the prosecution and ran once bail was granted.
I did a little looking into this awhile back and was unable to find any info regarding a shooting in Schaumburg, but IIRC you said that happened in Hanover Park. Perhaps that is why I found no info since I searched Hanover Park? Can you give us any more info to search regarding the shooting in Schaumburg? Or was that posted earlier?
Hypothesis:
1) Could ex have known Lacey could remove all contact with his son and in fact replace him with new boyfriend? New boyfriend would then be the recipient of all favors from Lacey's family, as well as his son? With Lacey gone ex's position in family is reinstated.
2) If Lacey's family seeks legal guardianship of baby. Does father still need to prove parentage to sign over his parental rights? Can he sign guardianship papers and not have to prove parentage and once again use alias? Does ex really want custody of baby or just access to him and thus have control and still be given many favors by family?
Repeating an earlier question, was paternity ever established?
3) Family thinks like US citizen. Will they allow visitation because they think father can get custody of baby?
If paternity was established, the father has automatic right to custody as the remaining parent, unless he is proven an unfit parent. I asked a Wheaton attorney about this when my sons father was still an absent parent who was a stranger to our child. He said no matter how hard my parents fought and how much money they tossed at the courts to fight it, unless my sons father willingly agreed to relinquish custody to them, they would have NO chance to win if he was a fit parent.
4) Is this a motive for murder.
Could be, and would not be the first time.
Only other motive I could come up with was jealousy by new boyfriend.
More questions?
Lacey was a fighter, it has been reported there were no defensive wounds. Both ex and new boyfriend would have known this. A stranger would not have known Lacey was a fighter. In person at first she could appear shy. Why no defensive wounds?
This was someone she knew who took her by surprise.
Murder serves a purpose of self gratification.
What say you?
Answered best I could above, and did include my questions above where they pertained to your questions.......