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    Jan 8, 2014, 02:18 PM
    Termination of parental rights? TN
    Can a man just decide to relinquish his parental rights just because he doesn't want to pay child support? My daughter is 6 months old, her father has only seen her twice and will not speak to me, see her, or help support her. I live in TN and he is in the military. The Army base is located on the tn/ky border.
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    Jan 8, 2014, 03:06 PM
    Go to court and get child support. No, he cannot just decide to relinquish his rights or responsibilities. That's a court matter too, with many mitigating factors.
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    Jan 8, 2014, 04:09 PM
    There is a myth that a parent can just relinquish their rights. Its just a myth. Only a court can terminate parental rights and courts are very reluctant to do so. Generally they will only do so under very limited conditions. And never to allow a father to get out of paying support.

    Also, the military takes a dim view of deadbeat dads. You need to go to court and obtain a support order and serve it on the base personnel office.
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    Jan 8, 2014, 04:41 PM
    Short answer is no. Do you have a child support order? If you do ask the judge to enforce it. If not go to court to get one.
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    Jan 8, 2014, 09:24 PM
    No he can not, if there is no child support order in place, get one in place and have his military pay garnished for the child support
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