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.
Yes, but father can challenge.
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Yes, both parents do.
He needs to find someone to transfer them to, someone who will then be responsible for the child's welfare and financial needs in the father's place.
Relinquishing one's parental rights does not terminate one's child support obligation.
He must make application to the court of jurisdictional authority over the child. However, this does not stop child support.
If you truly mean rights (such as visitation), you can just walk away. However, In Indiana, a father cannot "relinquish" parental obligations such as support unilaterally. This is true unless something else happens such as the mother remarries and her new husband legally adots the child or the child becomes legally emancipated. Otherwise, you sre stuck, so to speak, with the obligations of a father until the child is an adult. Interesting to note that the woman can relinquish her obligations to a child before (abortion) or after birth (adoption) but that in no state does the father have any post-conception decisions.
Yes, he has rights and if you want to adopt this child he would have to relinquish his rights to you. Go see an adoption attorney and he will best guide you.
The step father would have to adopt the child. For this to happen, the biological father would have to relinquish all rights through the court system.
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.
If the child is being adopted, not otherwise.