Only with the permission of the mother AND the courts, provided the mother is not on Welfare or will be. Only mothers have the right, under the laws of the land, to abort, abandon, and give up their rights to their children, without societal repercussionand being called deadbeats.
No. There is no requirement for the child to have to "know" the father for him to give up his parental rights.
If the cousin is currently married to you, and is willing to accept parental responsibilities and adopt the child, then the father can give up his parental rights.
Yes, a father can give up his parental rights but he still have to pay child support.
No. The biological father can give up his rights and if your husband then want to be more than a step parent, who have no rights to the child, can adopt your child. Or not, that is your choice as the parent.
He can try to give up his parental rights but he will always have to pay child support. But even if he does not give them up he cannot be forced to see his child.
The child's father is going to have to give up his rights first. You cannot adopt a child, if both parents do not agree.
In general, parental rights are terminated either preparatory to an adoption, or after a trial in which it is determined that the parent is unfit. In any case, termination of parental rights does not, in itself, terminate child support.
You would have to go to court for all that.
In general, parental rights are terminated either preparatory to an adoption, or after a trial in which it is determined that the parent is unfit. In any case, termination of parental rights does not, in itself, terminate child support.
In general, parental rights are terminated either preparatory to an adoption, or after a trial in which it is determined that the parent is unfit. In any case, termination of parental rights does not, in itself, terminate child support.
In general, parental rights are terminated either preparatory to an adoption, or after a trial in which it is determined that the parent is unfit. In any case, termination of parental rights does not, in itself, terminate child support.
In general, parental rights are terminated either preparatory to an adoption, or after a trial in which it is determined that the parent is unfit. In any case, termination of parental rights does not, in itself, terminate child support.