i live in florida and i already know from an attorney if i sign over rights that i am no longer obligated to pay child support. i need to know though if this child is mine can i sign over rights? i told her already that i wanted nothing to do with it and haven't contacted her at all and i am just needing to know the same way if a woman doesn't want a child they can give it up no questions asked am i going to be able to just go to an attorney and say that i am not ready and don't want anything to do with this chile can i sign over my rights?
PLEASE NO NASTY COMMENTS...EVERYONES CASE IS DIFFERENT AND I AM ASKING FOR ADVICE NOT EVERYONES COMMENTS...
THANKS
2007-04-18 10:44:01 · 7 answers · asked by rmt 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Wow, I'm shocked you even asked this question. I'll try not to be nasty, just factual. I don't believe once the child is born that you can just sign away your rights. The child is alive and you are legally and morally obligated to support it. If the mother was to meet someone and that man wanted to adopt the child, then you could sign away your rights. Please just remember, this child did not asked to be born, he/she needs love and support from BOTH parents!
2007-04-18 10:51:49 · answer #1 · answered by Cinner 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, the baby is your responsibility. You can give sole custody to the mother, but you are still obligated to pay child support until the child is 18, plus 1/2 college tuition, and expenses for life if the child has a disability.
Next time you don't want a baby don't make one.
2007-04-18 17:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it were that easy, then every guy would be out there signing over their rights! The child is your responsiblity. The only way you can sign over your rights is if the child is adopted by someone else, such as if the mother married another guy and he wanted to adopt the child. Sorry, but you played and now you have to pay.
2007-04-18 17:56:51 · answer #3 · answered by Softball Mom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you can't sign over your "rights" in any state. You are going to be paying child support, there is no way around it.
2007-04-18 17:52:26 · answer #4 · answered by eileezy2002 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what lawyer you talked to. Only if you agree to the child being adopted by someone else, and the child is adopted by someone else, can you "sign over" your "rights."
2007-04-18 17:50:48 · answer #5 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
if this is your child you will pay childsupport whether you sign over right or not. you don't have to have anything to do with the child but if you helped to create it you are responsible that is the law.
2007-04-18 17:54:04 · answer #6 · answered by hayhay 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better talk to your attorney about:
"Rights" v. "Responsibilities."
Definitions may differ from state to state.
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2007-04-18 17:48:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋