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Old Jun 18, 2008, 02:14 PM
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sign right away

ok i have a ? to ask i am pregnet and my babys father wants to sign his rights away right after the baby is born can he do that?

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Old Jun 18, 2008, 02:18 PM   #2  
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Yes, he can legally sign his parental rights away if he chooses to do so.

That does not release him from being financially responsible for the child he helped bring into this world.

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Old Jun 18, 2008, 02:32 PM   #3  
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signin away rights

so your saying if he does that means he dont have to do to help right?
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What that means is that he signs away his rights to make any decisions regarding the health and welfare of the child in question. He will still be financially responsible for raising the child he fathered.
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First normally he can not sign his rights away unless you agree. Next a judge wll also have to agree, ( many places the judge will just not let him.

If he does sign his rights away ( all that is, is his right to visit, his right to see the child and have a say in what the child does) He can still be forced to pay child support,

So as soon as the child is born, you have to worry about what is best for the child and you, so you file in court for him to pay child support, which is the right, legal and moral thing that he has to do.

If he does not want to ever see the child, you can' force him, so signing his rights away has no real meaning, since you can't force him to see the child anyway
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ok so nomatter wat i have a say in wat he does about signin his right away?
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First of all, are you married? If you are married then there is a higher chance that he will be put on the birth certificate. If you are not, then it is all up to you.
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yes, remember if you are not married, while he has a "right" to go to court and get rights to the child, he has no rights without going to court.

So after the baby is born, and you are not married, he can not actually isgn over any rights he has not established in court yet.

You need to stop worrying about him and what rights he wants to give up, worry about your rights to child support.
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thats wat im talkin about even if he does sign his rights away do i still get child support b/c we r not married and i did not make this child on my own and if he does get away with this thats bull!!
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You have received 3 different answers, all stating that the signing away of ones rights, does NOT eliminate them from paying child support.

No matter what he does, or tries to do, he can't escape the financial responsibility to support the child.

You may have to prove paternity however, in order to get child support ordered, if he contests being the father at all.
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