Is is possible for the father of my child to relinquish his paternal rights and legal obligation without my current husband contacting a lawyer for an adoption proceeding? The father has no interest in my child because she is handicapped and I have no interest in receiving his money.

ScottGem

If you bother to read the many other posts on this subject heare and in the Family forum, including a sticky note on this same subject you would have your answer.

Fr_Chuck

well I guess if you don't get any state aid, and he does not want to pay, and you don't fight for your childs money that the child is suppose to be getting that you can use for his future care. and the father does not want to see the child, why do anything, he does not pay, you don't care and he does not see the child, and your new husband does not want to adopt.
sounds like everyone is already happy.

But no there can not normally be any legal righs given over, and most certainly he can not sign over his obligation to pay child support.

But since the current husband does not wish to adopt, and the child by your comment is handicaped, that child should be getting and you could be saving that money for that child

ericaeln2003

a simple yes or no would suffice...you people assume too much. I told the judge I didn't want support and they awarded it anyway. and I said nothing about my husband not wanting to adopt. Just didn't want to have to take that step if we didn't need to.

And the only reason that I mention her handicap is because she would never need public assistance...she if needed would be eligable for Social Security Disability.

Enjoy the power trip that you are so obviously undertaking on here.

ScottGem

The only one assuming anything here is you. The fact of the matter is this issue has been discussed in hundreds of threads here. The answers have been posted many times. When you selected to post your question there was a sticky note titled Signing over Rights which contains the answer to your question.

Communications such has this lack a large portion of what goes into communication. Tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language make up 70% of communications. You made some assumptions about my words that were neither intended nor obvious.

Again making assumptions here. I tried to help you by pointing you towhere you could find the answer to your question. The reason this is a public forum is so people can find answers without even asking the questions by reading previous answers. Those if us who answer questions here volunteer our time and knowledge. Why should we spend time repeating the same answers when we can refer to previous threads that answer the question?

Then you go ahead and report the Sticky I referred you to. For your info a Sticky is a post containing valuable info that the moderators of this site deem important enought to also ways at the top of the forum.

What is even more astounding was your statement in the report; "Every response this "expert" has left to people questions is completely rude and demeaning." You joined the site today. I have almost 15,000 posts, yet you feel you have seen every one of them? Give me a break!

So I suggest you can the 'tude and stop attacking the people trying to help you.

Fr_Chuck

No, you can't and no he can't, first there will have o an an attorney but most courts ( MOST) will not allow the rights to be given away without someone else to adopt. And if the rights would be given away, withotu adoption , the court would still hold they would have to pay child support, and pay back the state for any money they may have to pay on the childs behalf.