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    Jul 5, 2008, 12:47 PM
    My son's father wants to sign over his rights but I'm told he can't
    My son's father wants to sign over his rights so he doesn't have to pay child support anymore. I am all for this-he says my son isn't his and he is a terrible example. He was also very physically abusive during our marriage and my son and I lived I a battered women's shelter for a while. My lawyer says he can't sign over rights unless I am married and have someone to take over his rights because it is bastersizing my son and is illegal in the state of Tennessee. I graduate from college next year and would love nothing more than to move back to my home town and start fresh. There has to be something I can do. PLEASE help
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    Jul 5, 2008, 01:16 PM
    Are you being harassed or stalked? Why wouldn't you want child support for your son? I believe your attorney's advice is correct.
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    Jul 5, 2008, 01:50 PM
    First no, they almost never allow him to sign over his rights and will never allow him to sign them over to get out of child support,

    You can go to court and request supervised visits, ( but does he even visist to start with? ) But you should be making him pay though the nose and TN is wonderful if he does not pay they will put him in jail, very fast nromally if you push the issue with child support enforcement.

    And why would you not want money to help support your son, to help provide from him. Support and his rights to visit are two different things, first I would almost guess he never visits anyway, but if he does, go back to court and make it limited and supervised.

    But in TN also if you ever collect wefare or food stamps or any gov assaistance for you or your son, the state has a right to go back to the child's father to get paid back their money if you were not receiving your child support, so they do not let him give away his obligations.

    He may be allowed to give up his rights to visit or have a say about the child, but he cannot give up his obligation to pay child support
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