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dee_sanchez · Mar 25, 2009, 01:47 PM

SO, my borther was not allowed to sign the POP at the hospita but has raised child from day one. At this time the lady now wants him to sign the POP but along with it wants him to notarize a letter saying he relinquishes all parental rights to the child. So my question is can parental rights be terminated and enforce legal with a notarized letter?:confused:

stevetcg · Mar 25, 2009, 01:50 PM

Possibly. Depending on what the situation is. Is the mother married and wanting her husband to adopt?

dee_sanchez · Mar 25, 2009, 01:59 PM

No she is not marrying and as far as we know she is not planning on having him adopted. She just has a grudge against the family and don't want him taking his boy where ever he pleases most importantly to us his family. He is willing to sign the pop but she is not willing to give him even visitations. He is in the process of filing for custody and as soon as she found out she asked him for the aforementioned.

stevetcg · Mar 25, 2009, 02:00 PM

So don't sign it. He is not obligated to sign anything. His rights will be awarded to him by the court.

dee_sanchez · Mar 25, 2009, 02:04 PM

That pretty much what I thought! I mean it makes sense! I appreciate your time.

stevetcg · Mar 25, 2009, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by dee_sanchez

that pretty much what i thought! i mean it makes sense! i appreciate your time.

Anytime. Give us a holler if anything else comes up and wish your family the best!

cadillac59 · Mar 28, 2009, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by dee_sanchez

SO, my borther was not allowed to sign the POP at the hospita but has raised child from day one. At this time the lady now wants him to sign the POP but along with it wants him to notarize a letter saying he relinquishes all parental rights to the child. so my question is can parental rights be terminated and enforce legal with a notarized letter?:confused:

No, No, and DOUBLE NO. You could have the notarized letter notarized three times and it would be equally worthless and meaningless. You cannot voluntarily surrender parental rights anywhere in the absence of someone waiting to step in and adopt. Even if you could you certainly could not do it by some silly little notarized statement.

cdad · Mar 29, 2009, 06:37 AM

Side line: If something is notarized all it does is confirm that the person signing the document is the person represented. It has no legal bearing to the content of the document in any way.