[clover911]

I would like to know is there anyway I can voluntarily give up my parental rights if I have no contact with my child since he was about 9 years old... he is 15 and will be 16 this may and his mother is really interfering with my life. I pay child support for the child and if I fall behind one or two months she has me sent back to court and I end up pay a fee of 1 thousand or better and I currently have a fiancé whom which I have a daughter and step son. Me my fiancé recently moved from Florida... my son lives... to Georgia in June... I recently got a job offer that will begin in sept.. and I just received a court date in the mail from Florida for the same week I start my new job and I will not be able to make it... I just would like to give up all rights because I am not paying support and going through this mess for a child that mother does not want me around... I have tried... can I do this?:confused:

[0rphan]

I can only speak from a UK point of view... I think you will always be responsible for your child and be expected to support that child where ever you are.

I think you need to give some serious thought as to what you are really doing.

The situation and the law may be different in the US.

[ScottGem]

I moved this to the Family Law forum where there are hundreds of threads all asking the same question.

The bottomline is that courts are very reluctant to grant a TPR and they will not grant one to allow the parent out of paying support.

I suggest you read the sticky at the top of this forum and some of the other threads.

[macksmom]

The only way you can relinquish your parental rights if is the mother is in agreement and is married and her spouse is willing to adopt the child in your place. Now some states don't require marriage, but someone that has been a stable part in the child's life has to be willing to adopt.

You cannot relinquish your rights just because you don't want to pay child support.

[froggy7]

And even if you can relinquish your rights in your case, it doesn't release you from the obligation to pay child support. The child's mother cannot force you to visit or be a part of the child's life (although you can take her to court if she interferes with court-ordered visitation), but no court is going to release you from the obligation to help support a child that you helped to create. My advice to you is: don't fall behind "a month or two" on your child support. The kid needs to eat every month, have clothes every month, have a place to live every month. You wouldn't decide "this month, I am not going to buy any groceries for my daughter", would you? Why do that to your son?