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tednarleen
Jul 22, 2008, 02:02 PM
My fiancé had received a letter stating that there is a Criminal Warrant Hearing for child abandonment because of non-payment of child support in Georgia. Does this mean she just wants the money or is she trying to terminate his rights? How can I go about finding this information out?:confused:

erin7799
Jul 22, 2008, 02:05 PM
Your facts seem to present the type of case where parental rights, paternal in this instance, are terminated for abandonment. Are the grandparents interested in this child?
Check this: "Because failure to care for and support the minor usually means abandoning the mother too, courts focus on failure to care for and support the minor. The petitioner must show both failure to care and failure to support.14 Giving the mother sufficient financial support, therefore, defeats the petition Similarly, the father having had an ongoing and genuine relationship with the child defeats the petition.15" When Is A Registered Putative Father's Consent to Adoption Unnecessary - Birth Father Registry - Putative Father Registry
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erin7799
Jul 22, 2008, 02:08 PM
Why has't he paid support? I'm in the position of not getting support and someone on this site had sent the above to me. Apparently when there's been a failure to take care of his responsibility it's abandonment. Sounds to me like she wants him out of the picture if he isn't going to take care of things.
How do you feel about him not paying support?

Fr_Chuck
Jul 22, 2008, 02:40 PM
They want their money, Georgia is very, very serious, they put you in jail till you make payment arrangements. And no they are not trying to terminate rights, and even if they did , in GA you still have to pay your child support even if the rights are terminated unless there is a step parent adoption.