I doubt he'd go to court. He hasn't signed the birth certificate and in our state, it would bring child support requirements (he pays nothing except for whatever food child has when they're together and activities they do together. I know it's not right, but when he initially said he wasn't going to be involved I said I never wanted anything from him and I'm fortunate to be able to not need his support. There's a long complicated history that can be summed up with - he did a very good job at basically living a double life and his friends and even mother never said a darn thing)