ANSWERS: 15
  • If he's the father and you go after him for child support there's nothing he can do, at least in California, not sure where you're at. The only way he gets out of paying is if someone else legally adopts the child.
  • Sign over his rights of the child to who? To you? Thank him, because that means that he cannot take you to court for any visitation. That doesn't mean that he is not financially obligated to the baby he helped create, just that he doesn't have to see the little one at all.
  • Depending on where you are-I am sure he can. But I wouldn't want someone who put a few dollars before our child to be around anyway.
  • He just can't sign a piece of paper to do so. I would think that he would have to go to court to show why his rights should be severed. Every state has different laws so here is a link that might be helpful: http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/
  • Thank God he's telling you right up front he would be dead beat dad and a loser. You sure don't want him in your childs life one week then gone for months then back in again. But collect child support unless he was like my ex and quit a good paying job for a really low one so he wouldn't have to pay but a little to nothing. Good Luck to you and your baby!!
  • tell us where you're at. here in new york it doesn't matter what he wants, the courts will make him pay. the day the baby is born, he starts paying. they don't let you get too far behind before they put you in jail awhile to think about it.
  • No, he can't. No state in the US will allow a parent to sever their parental rights in order to shirk their financial responsibility for their child. There MUST be a stepparent willing to adopt the child before he can voluntarily terminate his parental rights. The reason for this is that the state doesn't want to put the entire financial burden on ONE parent. If people could just sign away their rights to their children, we'd have a welfare crisis on our hands because the number of single parent families NOT receiving child support would skyrocket. Don't worry, he absolutely cannot sign away his rights.
  • If you two are not legally married, he has no rights to the child, even though he is the biological father. He is bluffing you.
  • It will depend upon the laws in your state. I do not believe that there are any states remaining that will allow a parent to simply voluntarily release their parental rights barring an adoption or step-parent adoption, or in more severe cases, a legal action to terminate those parental rights by a child protective agency. In those cases, child support is usually still accruing and does not stop calculating until the date of the adoption's completion. Either way, I would contact an attorney directly to determine what your rights are, establish paternity, and how to enforce child support issues with an order and provisions for him minimizing or elminating his employment in an attempt to minimixe his support obligation.
  • He can't sign over something he doesn't have. He may be telling you he is signing over his parental rights, but what he is talking about is signing off on any parental responsibility and he cannot do that. If he is the child's father, he is financially responsible to pay child support. And unlike babycakes' husband, if he takes a lower paying job to avoid higher child support payments, that would simply not work in South Carolina. Child support payments are now based on the father's ABILITY to earn, not on what he actually earns. Too many dead beat slackards thought they would get away with not paying for their kids and the legislature here remedied that.
  • This is not an answer but a comment. I pay child support but the mother will not let me see my daughter. All she wants is her monthly paycheck so she can blow it on Ebay. I am looking to sign over my rights for that reason alone. It is like I don't even have a daughter at all , but I pay nearly $600 a month with a $9 an hour job. Not fair
  • If you're not married to the baby daddy, then yes he can!
  • No he will always be financially responsible for the child.The attorney generals child support division is responsible for enforcing this.The only exception would be if you put it up for adoption.
  • Too bad for the poor guy -- but no. He knocked up some little slut and now the next 18 years of his life are ruined. Congrats!
  • In most states, a parent can petition to relinquish rights, but in no state can a parent "sign over" financial obligation.

Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC

Answerbag | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy