Signing over your parental rights??
By angelface23
@angelface23 (2494)
United States
August 29, 2008 12:43pm CST
If someone wanted to sign over their parental rights to their child would they still be able to have visitation with them? How does this work?
3 responses
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
30 Aug 08
When you sign over your parental rights you are not entitled to anything...visits, pictures, phone calls or anything. The ppl that adopt the child may agree to let you visit but that is at their discretion. One of my friends went through this and the couple that adopted her daughter promised to let her visit, call, send pics and so on. The minute she signed the papers giving up her rights, that was history. She's not allowed to visit, phone and hasn't had a picture in about 2 years.
**AT PEACE WITHIN**
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@angelface23 (2494)
• United States
2 Sep 08
my ex singed his rights over I thought. He had to pay support and the kid came over about once a month to visit with his mother. My ex lived there so he got to see him too. Maybe he didn't sign his rights over but I thought he did.
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
3 Sep 08
If he was still paying child support then he didn't sign over his rights unless it was back child support from before he signed them over. Usually the courts won't let you sign off your rights unless the child is being adopted, the parent is unfit or they want to remove a child from a whole family b/c of alot of family problems. They want to make sure your going to pay child support on the kid.
A girl who used to be a friend of mine had a little girl that the Judge let the dad sign off on b/c it was an incest situation and several of the kids in the family were in and out of jail, had their kids in foster care and the Judge thought it was better to adopt the little girl out then let her grow up in that situation. Part of the dad's jail sentence (for the incest) was he had to sign off his rights. He had to pay child support up to the time she was adopted but not after that. He isn't allowed to have any contact whatsoever with her now.
Hubby had a son from his first marriage and when the marriage ended so did the relationship with his son. His son didn't want anything to do with him. Hubby talked to a lawyer about giving up his rights since he had no contact with him. The lawyer said the Judge wouldn't allow it b/c they want to make sure someone is going to pay the child support. They don't have anything to do with each other but he still pays back child support and his son is married and makes his own money.
**AT PEACE WITHIN**
~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~
@susanspeaks (7)
• United States
29 Aug 08
If you care so little that you would sign over your parental rights why would you want visitation?
and the answer is NO generally you are not granted visitation. Once the child is of age, he or she can decide if they want to see you but generally you are not allowed to have contact unless you make some kind of arrangements with the person you give your child to.
My Ex gave up his rights because he didn't want to pay child support anymore so he could support his new family. He threw away my kids and replaced them with new ones.. at least that is the way they feel about it.
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@angelface23 (2494)
• United States
2 Sep 08
I wasn't implying that I wanted to do that I just wanted to know what the deal was with people who did that sort of thing.
@cbantly (236)
• United States
8 Jun 09
As far as I know, just because a father signs away his rights...it still doesn't get him out of child support. The court views child support and visitation as separate things altogether. In fact, there are some fathers (and mothers) that have to pay support but are not allowed to see their children for various reasons.
