Take him to court. But you'd better have compelling reasons to deny your children their father.
No, it is your choice whether to sign your parental rights away unless they are taken away by a judge.
Can you terminate parental rights if the absent parent is paying suport
No. All your parental rights would be terminated including the right to visitations.
No. If the court allows him to give them up, which they would not in this case, the mother is the only one with parental rights. Parental rights is not something you can give away or pass around to different people. As long as the mother is fit there is no way a grandparent would get custody.
Consult a lawyer (attorney).
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No, Because you are taking away all of his rights to yours and his child so he has no decision in the child's life anymore. Therefore, he does not have to pay.
In the US... No one can force another person to sign anything, but a court can certainly terminate parental rights if they have cause.
Yes. Termination of parental rights does not absolve support obligations unless the child is being adopted.
In Colorado, a parent may not sign over their parental rights unless there is another spouse available and willing to adopt the minor child. This means, if a father wants to sign away his rights to his child that the mother's new husband must be willing to officially adopt the child.
In the state of California, a person goes to court to sign over their parental rights. Many people believe that by signing over their parental rights relinquishes them from having to pay child support, this is incorrect unless the child is adopted.
No, unless the baby's biological father relenquishes his parental rights, he would get custody of the child if the mother dies, not her husband. The biological father must sign his rights away to the mother's husband.