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bonnie123 · Nov 10, 2010, 06:18 AM

Synnen · Nov 10, 2010, 06:28 AM

Prove that he is a danger to the child.

If he's not, it's very unlikely the courts will terminate parental rights.

Where are you? What are the circumstances? Why are you trying to do this?

smoothy · Nov 10, 2010, 06:28 AM

Not likely... unless he is a convicted pedophile.

bonnie123 · Nov 10, 2010, 06:35 AM

I live in Margate Kwazulu Natal, He does not pay the maintanance that the court ordered him to pay, he hardly sees my daughter, and he left me and my daughter for my 14 year old cousin which is now pregnant with his child.

bonnie123 · Nov 10, 2010, 06:42 AM

I live in Margate Kwazulu Natal, He does not pay the maintanance that the court ordered him to pay, he hardly sees my daughter, and he left me and my daughter for my 14 year old cousin which is now pregnant with his child.

smoothy · Nov 10, 2010, 07:06 AM

bonnie123 does not find this helpful : IT A STUPID ANSWER

Read the site rules. YOU broke them making such a stupid and incorrect comment.

YOUR opinion does not justify a not helppfull statement whern the FACTS are he is the child's father and has rights until a court says otherwise. If you like it or not.

My comment was correct and factual... there are very few situations a court will take away a fathers parental rights... Abuse is one... and Pedophillia is another... exwife with an attitude doesn't come into play.

If he isn't paying court ordered child support take him back to court to get it.

bonnie123 · Nov 10, 2010, 07:13 AM

Then give me an exact answer on my question or give me advice on what to do. How is that short stroppy answer going to hel anyone?

smoothy · Nov 10, 2010, 07:22 AM

Parental rights are not the same as custody...

You don't simply take away the rights of a parent to their child...

IF he was convicted of Pedophillia... then he is a risk to any children... THAT would be a quick way for a court to do it... or if he physically abused them.

YOU asked a question... I gave a factual answer... there are VERY few cases a court will take away a parents rights to a child... Man OR Woman.

bonnie123 · Nov 11, 2010, 02:57 AM

But he is not fit to be a father. He left me and my daughter for my 14 year old cousin which is now pregnant with his child,

ScottGem · Nov 11, 2010, 05:05 AM

Bonnie123: Comment on smoothy's post
But he is not fit to be a father. He left me and my daughter for my 14 year old cousin which is now pregnant with his child,

First, please don't use the Comments feature for follow-up. Use the Answer options instead.

Second, may I call your attention to the guidelines for using the comments feature found here:

https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/feedba...ure-24951.html

You posted a question without very much in the way of details. If you had browsed through this forum you would have found that we needed to know your general locale. You would have also found MANY threads that ask the same question.

Admittedly, I don't know the laws in KwaZulu-Natal. It's a fairly new entity so there isn't much on it. Its not clear what the age of consent is so we don't know if it was illegal to have sex with your cousin or not.

Generally courts are very reluctant to terminate parental rights. Whether he is fit to be a father is not a matter of your opinion but what the law says.

My question to you is WHY do you want to do so? What advantages do you think that will get you? It may be that a TPR is not what you really want.

bonnie123 · Nov 12, 2010, 07:00 AM

The age of consent has been changed to 16. I want him to terminate his parental rights to her because he isn't part of her life, he sees her once in a blue moon he does not spend time with her so my daughter does not know who he is because of his negligence to visit and pay maintenance. He does not have time for her now so I can guarantee that will not change once his other child is born. And another thing he smokes marijuana in his house and I do not want my daughter to grow up with that.

ScottGem · Nov 12, 2010, 07:18 AM

It's not what you want. It's what the law allows. If the law allows the court to issue a TPR based on the facts as you have related them, then you will get one. Otherwise, unless the law allows for him to voluntarily relinquish (which I highly doubt) then its not going to happen. You need to consult an attorney familiar with your local laws.