My son's father has never been in his life. He wasn't there for his birth, and has never seen my child. After two years of searching I finally found an email for him and offered to meet him somewhere that he could meet him and I never got a response. I went after child support and after the DNA test came back I got an email from him. It was the first time I had actually heard from him since I was pregnant. It was insulting, demanding, selfish, and childish, and down right scary. I let several people read it and they all agreed, though there is no out right threat, you can tell that my son is currently nothing but a financial burden and finances are everything to him. I started to worry about the safety of my son and they all agreed, to make sure I wasn’t being paranoid. I emailed him back asking about signing over his parental rights which he jumped at the chance for. I don’t know enough about it and intend on calling a lawyer, however before I do and spend the money I wanted to see if there was anybody out there that knew anything about it. Is it even possible without an adoption? With Child Support is there a settlement amount, will I receive back child support up to the day he signed his rights, or do I never receive a dime. Right now I feel like I am trading my son’s safety and security for money, so I definitely need to look into my options. Thanks
2007-10-31 00:02:47 · 3 answers · asked by katjha2005 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Show those emails to the police. There is no reason for a man to make you feel afraid to get support from him for his son!!! Have a restraining order put against him. Have the child support delievered to the clerk of court, so that he will have no excuse for contact with you.
2007-10-31 00:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by PEGGY S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on what state you live in. If you live in Texas- you can get the parental rights terminated after they have not paid $5000 in child support. If you live in most any other state- you will have to have someone there willing to adopt the child. If you are afraid for your child's safety- you should give the e-mails to the courts and ask for a restraining order. Why did you want this man involved with your child anyways? You were doing so well without the dude- why make him get involved? Just wondering.
2007-10-31 00:35:16 · answer #2 · answered by Tammy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In at least some states, parents can very easily sign away their parental rights. However, that does not relieve them of their legal obligation to pay child support.
2007-10-31 00:14:26 · answer #3 · answered by teaser0311 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋