Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    pcfd3495's Avatar
    pcfd3495 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #1

    Aug 4, 2011, 11:53 AM
    Child Abandonment
    The father of my daughter is 39,000 behind in child support and hasn't seen her since she was 1. She is now 6. Can I file for abandonment? He just started receiving ssi and wants child support taken out but I don't get why after 6 years? He says he is going to come see her and never doe. He calls every 6months or so and tells her things and then never follows through. I just want this emotional roller coster to end.
    pcfd3495's Avatar
    pcfd3495 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #2

    Aug 4, 2011, 12:13 PM
    He lives in Ca and we live in Fl
    pcfd3495's Avatar
    pcfd3495 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #3

    Aug 4, 2011, 04:13 PM
    Rights to child taken away
    OK I think my last question was not laid out right. My daughters father is 39,000 behind in child support and hasn't seen her since she was one. She is now six. I have been married going on 4 years now. My husband she knows as her dad. They do father, daughter things together all the time. I had a court order to have her real father come see her twice within one year to start a relationship. He has not done so. With that and the 39,000 behind in child support could the court take his rights away and let my husband be her legal father?
    twinkiedooter's Avatar
    twinkiedooter Posts: 12,172, Reputation: 1054
    Uber Member
    		  
    #4

    Aug 4, 2011, 04:35 PM

    No, the courts will not do this just because he is behind in child support. You need to go to a family attorney and have the paperwork drawn up so your present husband can legally adopt her. And if deadbeat dad agrees to the adoption, then he can no longer be any part of her life.
    ScottGem's Avatar
    ScottGem Posts: 64,966, Reputation: 6056
    Computer Expert and Renaissance Man
    		  
    #5

    Aug 4, 2011, 04:44 PM

    First, if you have additional info to and use the answer options and add to this thread. Don't start a new thread.

    Yes adding that your husband wants to adopt is a key piece of information. You have no grounds for abandonment. But a court might view the lack of support as grounds to allow your husband to adopt.

    The only way you will know is to retain an attorney to advise you and file the adoption petition.
    Synnen's Avatar
    Synnen Posts: 7,927, Reputation: 2443
    Expert
    		  
    #6

    Aug 4, 2011, 04:46 PM

    I'd just like to point out that if the biological father fights the adoption, it probably won't happen.

    Generally, you need to PROVE that he is a danger to the child to have his rights involuntarily stripped.
    kcomissiong's Avatar
    kcomissiong Posts: 1,166, Reputation: 276
    Ultra Member
    		  
    #7

    Aug 5, 2011, 07:43 AM
    I just want to add that if the is attempting to pay support now, or is on the process of having support withdrawn from his benefits, then he hasn't abandoned the child.
Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions
 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

Youth and Social Work in regards to human rights and rights of the child [ 4 Answers ]

I have had to research two documents out of 4 and explain from these documents how both these documents work with clients in a fair just humane and positive manner? The two documents that I have studied are The universal declarationof human rights and the un convention on the rights of the child: ...

Can father of my unborn child receive custody or visitation rights after child is bor [ 5 Answers ]

I am pregnant and the babies father is going after custody or visitation when the child is born. He is very abusive and does have a violent record from the past. He is been making many threats towards me and my unborn child. He has even stated that once he has the child in his hands he stated that...

View more questions Search