halleykat
Oct 12, 2008, 05:09 PM
Hey all,
I have an ex who is the father of my daughter who is now 4 years old. He has not paid child support, or sent anything to her in alomost 2 years. And we broke up 2 years ago. In any event I am begging him to sign over his rights to her and he finally agreed. He knows it's best cause he can't offer her what a father should. My current fiancé and I will be the sole supporters of her. The main reason why I want to have him give up his rights are because of how he has lived his life. He is now in rehas and supposedly doing better, but I can't trust him with her. I want so bad to bring my daughter to see him and his parents, but he has threatened that he will take her. I have filed for a custody case, but he never signed the paperwork so nothing has ever happened, and I am deathly afraid that he will get her somehow. I have been told that if his rights are gone then I no longer get child support, but that he no longer "owns" her quote un quote. I basically don't care about the money and just want the peace of mind to know that if I take her to see him then legally he can't take her from me.
Can someone please tell me if this is the case. Is this what signing over rights means? I can't afford a lawyer, so how can I do this low cost or free of charge when he is voluntarily signing over his rights? Will he still be responsible for child support? What about taxes? Can I change her last name? Will I be able to have my giance adopt her? Please someone help me with these questions. Thanks for your time either way.
Jenni
I have an ex who is the father of my daughter who is now 4 years old. He has not paid child support, or sent anything to her in alomost 2 years. And we broke up 2 years ago. In any event I am begging him to sign over his rights to her and he finally agreed. He knows it's best cause he can't offer her what a father should. My current fiancé and I will be the sole supporters of her. The main reason why I want to have him give up his rights are because of how he has lived his life. He is now in rehas and supposedly doing better, but I can't trust him with her. I want so bad to bring my daughter to see him and his parents, but he has threatened that he will take her. I have filed for a custody case, but he never signed the paperwork so nothing has ever happened, and I am deathly afraid that he will get her somehow. I have been told that if his rights are gone then I no longer get child support, but that he no longer "owns" her quote un quote. I basically don't care about the money and just want the peace of mind to know that if I take her to see him then legally he can't take her from me.
Can someone please tell me if this is the case. Is this what signing over rights means? I can't afford a lawyer, so how can I do this low cost or free of charge when he is voluntarily signing over his rights? Will he still be responsible for child support? What about taxes? Can I change her last name? Will I be able to have my giance adopt her? Please someone help me with these questions. Thanks for your time either way.
Jenni