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My question involves paternity law for the State of: Tennessee

My ex and I share a son, the relationship was very tumultuous to the degree that we separated 2 months before the birth, he doesn't work, does drugs everyday and prefers to sell drugs than getting a job. He used to hit me when I was pregnant. However, he signed the birth certificate and we had an incident when the baby was a month and a half old that ended up in a protection order against him. We haven't seen or talked to the man for 14 months and I don't receive any kind of child support (never have). The human resourcer office offered to apply for the child support and then even sent me a letter telling me that they were proceeding for this but I never received anything. I want to move to Germany but even to get a passport I need to get his permission even though we were not married. Is there someway that I can do anything I need to do without involving him, is there someway of taking away any kind of parental right since he shows no desire of anything related to us?

You should speak to an Attorney.