[tsanders]

I have a boyfriend that does not seem to be excited about becoming a parent. How can I print up a form off the internet for him to relinquish his parental rights.

[ScottGem]

I moved this to the Family Law forum since the forum Help area is clearly marked for questions about using this site. If you browse this foumr you will find hundreds of posts that all say the same thing.

A termination or parental rights will not be granted unless there is a parent waiting to adopt or the bio parent represents a danger to the child. Just not being excited about being a parent won't do it.

[Fr_Chuck]

First you are not gong to just print a form and have him sign it, you can print a form, have him sign it and submit it to a court, have him served notice of a hearing, and both of you go in front of a judge and ask for the judge to allow it. Seldom is it allowed.

And I dobt the boyfriend will be real excited, when he finds out that does not stop your right to collect child support anyway. So if he does not want to visit, you can't make him, that is basically all of his rights anyway.

Your best time will be spent getting ready as soon as the child is born to file for custody and file for child support for the child

[tsanders]

He wants nothing to do with the child why force he to be a patrent if he signs over his rights let him it his lost not mine don't you think. I currently live in the state of Texas. Are there laws any different regarding the same subject. Please help

[Fr_Chuck]

If he does not want to use his rights, there is no way to force him anyway, most judges, esp in Texas will not allow him to sign over his rights, but you can try if you want to, he will have to file a motion with the court.

But this does not stop child support, I would guess he things it does, once he learns he still has to pay child support most likely his opinion will change

[ScottGem]

As Chuck has noted, there is no way to force him to exercise his parental rights. Those rights include visits, participating in the decisions on raising the child, and otherwise being a part of the child's life. But there is another piece of being a parent called responsibility.

Your boyfriend chose to have sex with you. As soon as he made that choice he took on the responsibility of supporting any children that resulted from that choice (just as you did). He cannot give up that responsibility, unless there is someone willing to take it on via adoption.

I believe Texas law does hold that a TPR also terminates child support. That means its even harder to get a judge to grant one. What if you need to apply for public assistance to support yourself and the baby? That means the taxpayer is supporting your bf's child. Why should taxpayers pay for your choices?

The bottomline here, is he will have to go to court to get a TPR and the likelihood of a judge granted it is extremely slim.