last i knew unless there is a step father willing to adopt the courts will not let you give up rights if there is a step father willing to adopt you will not have to pay child support
if the mother terminates her rights can he collect child support from the mother if child lives with him?
Child support would generally go to the person raising the child. Mother might even be ordered to pay to father.
no the mother should have the legal obligation to take care of the child
Yes, until/unless the child is adopted.
I would think that if the mother and father are not together and the mother is willing to give up custody of the child to the father than the father would have rights to the child. If the adoption papers haven't been canceled yet they will have to be signed when the baby is born saying that the mother and father give up parental rights to the child
1) to pay support; 2) to petition the courts for visitation
no
You can sign your rights away but you will still have to pay child support if you are the father or mother of the child. There is no way to avoid paying child support.
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An unmarried father cannot "choose" to not pay child support. The laws in every state require that a father pay for the support of his child. The mother must bring an action to the appropriate court so that a child support order can be established. Visitation rights are separate and a father can have visitation rights established by the court. Visitation rights are not dependent on paying child support.
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If he was not married to the mother, nothing until granted them by the courts. see links