My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Ohio
My child's father has expressed a desire to not be involved in her life in any way. He is on the birth certificate. How do we go about taking her off of the birth certificate? I am engaged currently, and to my understanding once we have been married for a year, my husband will be able to adopt my child. Do I have to wait for this in order to relieve my daughter's biological father of his parental rights? He may not assist me in the process, but he will not try to stop me from doing it. Is there a certain time length I must wait that he has not seen or paid for her before I can file for "abandonment" of the child? Is it considered abondoment even if there is no court ordered child support/visitation order set up?

