[angel1999]

My boyfriend has been ordered to pay child support for his child that is 10 years old now for the past 7 years just about he never is able to see his son and it has come to be the easiest thing right now would be to give his rights up. When I spoke with a woman at the States Attorneys Office in Il Winnebago County where the court is always taken for the child support issues and such she told me even if he give's up his rights he still has to continue to pay the child support till he is 18 and the back child support. Is this statement true or is she possibly misinformed?

[stinawords]

Read some other threads on here and you will learn LOT. In most states even if a TPR is granted yes, child support is still required. I believe IL falls in to the majority category here. If the iformation came from the state attorneys office it is correct with out a doubt. Why dosen't he just file in court to have the visitation order enforced?

[ScottGem]

The statement is most likely true as you would have found out if you had browsed some of the hundreds of similar posts in this forum. Parental Rights and parental responsibilities are often considered separate issues. In states where they aren't kept separate, the courts are even more reluctant to grant a TPR.

If a father could simply get out of paying support by relinquoishing their rights, the courts would be flooded with fathers making such a request. So the bottomline is only a court can grant a TPR and courts will not grant one, unless its to clear the way for an adoption or the parent represents a danger to the child.

[Fr_Chuck]

It is true, support is not a "right" it is a obligation, his rights are to visit, to have a say in the child's life, his rights he what he often has to fight for. So if for 7 years if he has not seen the child much it is because he has not fought for that right.

But yes, he can give up his rights, never see the child again if he wants, but basically he still writes the check,