How To Get Parental Rights Of My Child Born Into A Polyamorous Relationship.

Location: Georgia, USA I'll try to be concise but this is a bit complicated. I (50m) was friends with a married couple (A and B) for many years. They were always poly but I wasn't involved for like 10 years. Then things changed and she and I became a couple with his knowledge and approval. We lived together for 4 years when she started talking about wanting to have a child with me. They had a child previously and he had a vasectomy afterwards. After many conversations, I agreed to having a baby, my only child born in 2019.

At the time, we agreed that to make things easier he would be the "legal dad" and I would be the " biological dad". I went to all the doc appointments. We were upfront with the medical staff. I was the one in the room during birth, etc.

Now, our child C is 6. A and B are now going thru a divorce. A is currently allowed visits with C every other weekend during the day and is pushing for overnights. I don't want to interfere in their divorce agreements, but feel that I now need to obtain my legal rights to my child.

I have been thinking that I will wait until their divorce is finalized and then seek legal representation to get my rights as C's dad. I have a legal benefit thru my work for MetLife Legal. Does that seem a reasonable way to go? How do you think this will likely play out?

If something were to happen to B, I don't want to find myself with no legal right to my child. I didn't have a father growing up and I chose to never have a child until I felt I was in a very stable relationship. B and I are very good and talking about marriage, but anything could happen and I want to assert my legal rights now that they are dissolving their marriage.