How can I get my daughters father to give up rights.?

Question

He never did anything to help me with her. He's always been dodging me. I feel that if he wanted to be in her life more he shouldn't of had tried to control mine. He left me harassing voicemails, which lead to a Order of protection. I now have a two year order... But he did want visitation. I don't want his money after two years you wanted to bring up the fact that you want to see her. She doesn't know him or his family. I am afraid that something will happen. He was engaged when we got together which he lied to me then. When my daughter was born his family didn't want him to reconize her or put his last name. He did but i wouldn't hear from him...only when he wanted to visit me. After i got tired and moved on with my life he decides that he wants to be apart of her life. Which by then to me was to late. He was jealous that i moved on. He doesn't want my daughter to know any other man but he hurt me and left me to do everything alone.

Answer 1

You can argue that he is trying to dodge the order of protection, if he is still harassing you it's very unlikely that he'll be granted full visitation rights at this moment, at least you can ask that he can see the child under the supervision of children services officers due to his legal problems and fear for your safety.

Now if he wants to make your life a living hell, he won't give up his parental rights voluntarily. And the law can't do anything about it unless he breaks the law, so keep constant record of all his harassment and do not fail to report any wrong doing from his part. And remind him that if he wants to see the child, he must also pay for her support; may be if he gets tired of paying, he'll disappears by himself just to avoid to give you any money.

Answer 2

Legally the father has rights that can not be taken away because of the way you feel or how bad he has treated you. The only way a Judge will remove parental rights is if he is sexually abusing them or abusing alcohol or drugs. This would put the children in danger. If he in the past did not exercise his parental rights and decides to do so now under the law he has that right. Many tiimes when a father or mother has been abcent for a while in the childrens lives, the court can decide to offer supervised visits with the children. These supervised visits will help determine his capability of treating the children and also permit the children to get use to their biological father. Hope this helps.

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