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Is it best to give up parental rights before the child is born?
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∙ 16y ago
It depends, are you the one paying child support? If you are, it will not work to give them up IF the other parent is getting any kind of state help. If you are the mom, it would depend on what your options are. On that I would try to get some counseling. Planned Parenthood may be able to help.
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If you terminate parental rights in Oklahoma to a child do you still have to pay child support?
Parental rights and parental duties are not the same thing. If you terminate your parental rights you may no longer visit the child or contact him. However, in many states, including Oklahoma, you may still have an obligation to pay support. This can vary by individual circumstances, so it's best to check with and attorney.
When you give up parental rights in Texas do you still pay child support?
If the judge signs the order terminating parental rights, no. However, very frequently judges will not find that termination of parental rights is in the best interest of the child, even if the parent wants to, especially if it is being done as a way of avoiding responsibility.
Can one parent put their child in foster care?
Not as long as both parents have parental rights. If one parent gives up his parental rights which is required when putting a child in foster care, the other parent is the first one in line to take the child since she still have her parental rights. This assuming both are fit to parent. If the parents are not married and the father has not proved paternity in court and got his parental rights he should do so asap and then he has rights to the child. The social workers usually ask relatives first if they are interested in taking the child. There is a shortage fo foster families and staying with family is considered best for the child.
IF Mother of minor child IS deceased AND father hAS child in HIS care is there a need to seCURE parental guadianship for child if father is listed on birth certificate?
Probably not unless parental rights were terminated or otherwise limited. Best consult a lawyer.
How long does a man have to go without any contact with the child before you could file for sole custody and or terminate his parental rights?
There is no hard and fast rule. The Court must determine that it is in the best interest of the child that parental rights be terminated. Contact with the child is considered, but many other issues are also considered.
How does a father looses parental rights?
A father can voluntarily sign over his parental rights, provided it is approved by the courts AND the mother, provided she's not collecting Welfare, now or in the future. When she collects AFDC, she gives up any right to claim, or not claim, child support. (see related question) If these conditions are met, he's not liable for paying child support to the child, or to free that child for adoption. He can loose his parental rights is he lives a life that would be detrimental to a child. States are now, more and more often, taking into account what is best for the CHILD. So, the behavior of the parents can have more of an effect on their parental rights. If the parent's behavior is chronically bad - drug dealing, crime, that sort of thing, they are much more likely to loose parental rights.
How can you get your ex husband to sign over his parental rights?
In the US a biological parent cannot be forced to relinquish his or her rights to their children, it must be done voluntarily. The court can permanently terminate the rights of a parent in cases of child abuse and/or neglect and in very rare instances if the state in which the minor child/children reside has an applicable "abandonment" statute.
Do Az courts have to be notified before a child is moved out of state if person has sole custody?
yes if guardianship was awarded by the court and someone other than the gaurdian still has parental rights. they may wish to revoke gaurdianship in the child's best interest.
How does the father who has never seen the child and is paying child support give up his parental rights?
He can give up paternal rights, but he will still have to pay child support. * File a voluntary relinquishment of parental rights petition in the appropriate state court in the county of residence. The judge will decide if the TPR is to be granted and if so to what extent. If the judge feels it is in the best interest of the child for the father to be removed from his or her life then child support obligations can also be terminated.
After termination of parental rights can you gain visitation?
It depends on why the rights were terminated. If your ex is getting re-married and the new stepparent wants to adopt the child, then you can still get visition. If parental rights were terminated because you didn't want to pay child support, didn't have regular contact with the child, or if they were taken from you in the best interest of the child, then no. You signed over your child and stated on paper that you are no longer their parent. Congratulations.
Do fathers have rights if married after the child is born?
This is an area not addressed in the statutes. Single fathers have no assumed rights. How this may apply if there's a divorce later on has not been addressed at this time. To the best of my knowledge, mothers or attorneys have not attempted to claim the father still has no rights.
What happens in Texas if you sign over your parental rights?
If you sign over your parental rights, you do just that. You forfit any rights whatsoever you have to the child in question. You will have no legal relation to the child and no right to visit, make decisions for, or claim to be the parent of said child. You are also absolved from paying any future child support. This legal action is not reversible, and takes extreme court measure and consideration.
