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    Jun 3, 2008, 08:05 PM
    How do I go about taking parental rights away from a 'father' who can't be found?
    I'm wondering how I get my ex-husband's parental rights taken away. He has not seen my son or contacted me about him since Sept. 2005 and has not paid child support since then either. I have no idea where he is and currently he has a warrant out for his arrest because of failure to appear in court for a violation of probation(because he's so far behind in child support). I'm just wondering how I would go about getting his rights taken away... cheaply, I can't afford a lawyer... so if there is something I can do, something to file myself... I'd appreciate any advice.
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    Jun 3, 2008, 08:09 PM
    Why? Do you have a new partner that wants to adopt?
    You can go back and get full legal and physcial custody ( but assume you already have that) and can try. But it is not easy and personally don't know why, if he is not there he can't do anything anyway.
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    Jun 3, 2008, 08:19 PM
    I don't know about all states but the cases I've seen in my state a lawyer is required. There are many times that a judge won't grant a TPR but in the cases that I have seen he required one of the parties to get a lawyer (he didn't care which party) to draw up final paperwork before he would sign off on them.
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