No but it is not easy to have it done, the judge wants good reasons for it. And he will still have to pay child support.
No, mothers have 100% control. Only a mother can give up her rights with interference.
Yes, equal to the mother.
If he is not the natural son of the father, no. He is not a descendant and therefore has no rights to it. The divorce decree would have severed all of the rights between his mother and your father.
no
That depends on who you are. Father? Mother" State of residence? In some states, it is as simple as obtaining the necessary paperwork, filling it out, returning it to the court and waiting for a hearing at which time it will be determined whether or not rights should be terminated. In other states, rights may only be terminated by the request of the district attorney or other state agency and only in extreme and dire circumstances. And in all cases, terminating parental rights does not terminate the obligation to pay child support until the time the child is legally adopted. All it accomplishes is terminating the right for the father to see their child and have any say-so in their lives.
The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.
No. That can only be done by a court order.
exactly the same as the father
My mother and father
its depends because if you adopted the child the mother no longer is responsible you are. but if she gave you the child with out terminating her parental rights then you have the right to sue her.
The rights of the natural father depends on if the father has given up his rights or not. If he has not given up his rights, he has the same rights as the mother, or as outlines in the custody order.
In the state of Illinois, a biological father cannot give up his rights to the mother, but he can sign over his rights to another male. For example, a step father