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    Default Giving Up a Father's Parental Rights

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    I guess i should start off with a little bit of background. I'm currently pregnant with my ex's child. We have broken up and he denies paternity. He wants nothing to do with the child and has told me that if the child is his he will send a check but never be a father to the child. I'm trying to decide if i should ask him to give up all parental rights once the child is born and proved to be his. I don't care about getting child support from him I will provide financialy for the child. My delimia is if the child should have his father in his life. I am worried that if he gives up all rights my son or daughter will suffer if they ever do want to be involved with him. If they would like to meet there father i want them to have that option.

    Legally what happens when the father gives up there rights? What if the child wants to make contact in the future? Will his name go on the birth certificate once paternity is proven?

    I just want to do what is in the best interest of our child. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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    Default Re: Giving Up a Father's Parental Rights

    I'm trying to decide if i should ask him to give up all parental rights once the child is born and proved to be his.
    Unless he is proven to be unfit, the court won't let him relinquish his rights.

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    Default Re: Giving Up a Father's Parental Rights

    What if he says he doesn't want his rights? Basically he has said that he wants nothing to do with his child but will send a check every month because he has too. If that is the case i would rather him just not do anything i don't want his money if he's not going to be a real father to the child.

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    Default Re: Giving Up a Father's Parental Rights

    What if he says he doesn't want his rights?
    The court will tell him "Too bad."

    He can "not want" his rights til the heat death of the universe. Unless he is proven unfit, the court WILL NOT legally strip him of his rights.

    That means if he wants to play "absentee wallet", he can do so, but if he changes his mind and wants to be a decent and upstanding human being instead of just a sperm donor at some point in the future, he can file for visitation arrangements.

    The courts WILL NOT prevent this.

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    Default Re: Giving Up a Father's Parental Rights

    Try to think of it this way...The child is entitled to be supported financially by BOTH parents, even if one of them does not want to participate in the child's life. The child would be denied the right to medical information, inheritance, social security, etc.

    The state will not allow a parent to terminate their rights in order to avoid support, otherwise it would be done all the time. Normally they will terminate rights if another parent is waiting to adopt the child.

    The best thing you can do for your child is to go to the state and request their help to establish paternity and get an order for child support. If you can prove the father is a risk to the child then you can request either sole custody or supervised visitations.

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    Default Re: Giving Up a Father's Parental Rights

    Everyone is forgetting one BIG thing. Boyfriend doesn't have any parental rights to relinquish. This isn't a child that is going to be born of a marriage, so the ONLY person in this situation who LEGALLY has a child is the OP. Boyfriend can go about his merry little way and as long as HE doesn't legitimate the child and no one moves to establish paternity and/or file for child support, he can live the rest of his life denying he has a child...

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    Default Re: Giving Up a Father's Parental Rights

    People HAVE TO when they CHOOSE not to live within their own means. If that's their choice, then so be it, but when you lose everything because you depended on someone else to take care of you instead of taking care of yourself, then don't be surprised.

    I personally AM better than to have to rely on my ex for my existance or that of my child. He was laid off, can't pay support. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING changed in my household. He didn't pay support for YEARS... I never missed a beat. Why? Because I live off of my income alone.

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