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    Nov 16, 2008, 06:15 PM
    Child abandonment/Sever rights?
    I have a 5 year old daughter. Her father has never really been in the picture. He is in to drugs bad. The only time I have ever had any support was for about a year when he had a girlfriend that pretty much made him spend time with his daughter and I got 100 dollars a month. Since they broke up he hasn't spent anytime with her or offered to help. I have filed for child support and they can not find him to serve papers. We have never gone to court for any custody issues I have just had her her whole life. I would like to not ever have to deal with him again. What are the guidelines for child abandonment? Or is there a way to get his rights severed?
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    Nov 16, 2008, 07:35 PM

    Depends greatly where you are at, in many states, merely not paying or not seeing the child is not grounds to take away a parents rights.

    So unless your state allows this it is not going to happen.

    Now did he go to prison, many states do allow a person to take away rights if the other partner has served a longer time in prison.
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