I need some advise, I am pregnant and am not with the father of the unborn child. He has agreed to sign over rights, is there any way to do so before the child is born or can this only be done at the time of birth. I don't want this guy to change his mind at the last minute because he is not fit to raise this child nor does he deserve any right to be in this child's life because of several reasons. He now lives in CO and I live in TX. Any help on this subject would be appreciated.

You usually can not sign over parental rights before a child is born, for very good reasons.

Talk with an attorney or a counselor. You may be able to have it set up for right after the child is born.

I agree with the previous post - you cannot rescind parental rights before a child is born. That being said, please check with a Family Law attorney and find out your exact rights and the rights of your unborn child. If you meet income criteria, you may seek assistance from Legal Assistance.

Best of luck.

Also please as mentioned 1000 times on this site, signing over rights, does not take away his obligation to pay child support, so if he believes he does not still have to pay, he is mistaken. The rights he signs away is merely custody and visitation. ( which he can of course he can always go back to court in latter years and ask for rights to be given back, this happens if he claims to have a life changing event, religious or moral and wants to live up to his responsiblity)

So even if he signs over rights, you can still ask for support, plus of course if you and the child receives any government assistance, the state will go after him for support even if you are not requesting any.


And being very straight, why are people having sex with someone if they are so BAD that you don't want them around your child. It really makes one think what goes though peoples mind when they are going to bed with someone.

But to direct your question, nothing can be done until the child is born.
And once he finds out signing away rights does not sign away child support most likely he will not be as willing anyway, since he does not have to visit anyway, you can't force him to visit. Most likely he things he is signing away his child support payments.

Actually, when you sign your rights over on your child to someone else, you are forfeiting any and all rights and responsibilities, meaning the child is no longer yours so you will NOT have to pay child support. It is basically the same thing as adopting the child on to someone else. You would not have to pay them if they adopted your child, when you sign your rights over to the mother, you are giving her full responsibility and therefore are free of any financial obligations as well. I have went through this, and so I know more about it.

This thread is from 2007!!

Please do not resurrect old threads, especially if you are not going to post factual, legal information.