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    Nov 11, 2009, 10:06 AM
    Father relinquish rights to child
    Can I father relinquish his right to a child in the state of Indiana with out the mothers consent or the responsbility to pay child support in the future?
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    Nov 11, 2009, 10:19 AM

    Nope. Probably can't even with her consent except to clear the way for an adoption.
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    Nov 11, 2009, 11:10 AM
    It is for an adoption...
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    Nov 11, 2009, 11:18 AM

    Then why doesn't he have the mother's consent? I'd assume that SHE would want the adoption to go through.
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    Nov 11, 2009, 11:29 AM
    She is a very difficult individual. She is the one that wants this but knows that once this happens there is no more contact with the father. It is a very bad situation. The child is in no danger physcially but emotionally he is a wreck because these two hate each other so much.
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    Nov 11, 2009, 11:45 AM

    So the whole story is that she is re-married and the step-father is going to adopt, but the biological mother doesn't want it?
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    Nov 11, 2009, 11:52 AM

    Honestly I don't know whether she wants it or not. She feeds on drama. I think with out her sons father in her life she would have nothing to talk or about. I am the 'mediator' in the situation but it is very hard to side with her when I hear and see the things she does. I could never imagine a father giving up on they're child until I was brought into this all of this. I live with him but I am friends with her. I don't know whether I am coming or going. I know it is very hard to understand but the stress is becoming unbearable.
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    Nov 11, 2009, 12:02 PM

    Basically it goes like this:

    Most states require that you be married, and married at least a year before a step-parent adoption can go through.

    Most states will also NEVER terminate parental rights except to clear the way for an adoption, or if the parent is a danger to the child.

    Ending parental rights does NOT end child support--parental rights and parental obligations are two different things.
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