answer:Welcome back, @ItalianPrincess1217. Let me ask what seems to me to be an obvious question: If you can’t even locate the father, and if he’s not attempting to make contact and claim custody, why is a custody hearing even an issue? Why even bother with the trouble and expense if there’s no contest to settle? [EDIT: I think that if I were you I’d just abandon the whole “custody battle” as a non-issue.]