Q: How do i go about signing my parental rights away? Im not in the child's life & the custodial parent and i have dv past
We have not went to court for who will have full custody of the child. However, i think it's best for the child to be where he is, Due to the DV past with the other parent and i had, and i don't want that. it would cause a mess in my current life. How do i go about signing my rights away? I already called child support and they said different counties have different regulations. And i also called superior court family law and the gentlemen who anwsered was new working there. I've already read what it means to voluntary sign my paternal rights and am willing to proceed forward with this.
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A: It is typically not easy to sign away parental rights because you would also be signing away the child's right to a parent and courts are not keen to do that. Sometimes the custodial parent can have the other parent's rights terminated but not so easy the non-custodial parent.
A: You cannot sign your "parental rights away". If the other parent marries and the new spouse wants to adopt the children, you can consent to that adoption which would result in you relinquishing your parental rights.
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