I want my childs father to sign the Declination of Parental rights paperwork. He has not been in the picture for almost 3 years now. And I just found out that he has an insurance policy on her. What can I do?
At the top of this forum is a sticky about parental that may help you understand the situation. But the botom line is he can't sign over his rights. Only a court can terminate rights and courts are very reluctant to do so. I see no grounds for your getting his rights terminated.
The issue of the insurance just may be that he has a job that pays fully for coverage so he may just have listed his daughter (its his as well as yours).
As for his taking her from you, that's also unlikely. Unless he can prove that you are unfit as a mother, he has just about no chance to do so.
I don't know what you went through with your previouse attorney. But $2K is not much to process a a divorce with a child. I suspect you may not have followed through to get anything done.
But, if you want to protect yourself, then you need to go to court get full legal and physical custody with no visitation. Unless he fights you, you stand a good chance of getting it.
Finally, I will note that if you want help from us, then you need to answer our questions, read our answers and not keep repeating yourself.
There was NEVER a divorce. This was just for legal advice. The $2000 I spent was just to hear an attorney tell me what I should do.
OK, so did you do what the lawyer advised? If there was no divorce, then you are still legally married to the father? Who has been claiming the child as a dependent on tax returns?
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