It means you have lost your right to physical and legal custody but you are still eligible to request visitation rights. Without parental rights you have no rights whatsoever in regards to your child.
No. You no longer have any right to see the child. It is up to the person with legal custody and they may or may not allow you to visit with the child. If your parental rights were terminated it is likely that you will not be able to see the child.
It depends on whether your parental rights are terminated legally and the circumstances. If the child is legally adopted and you give up your parental rights voluntarily your child support obligation will end. The law wants children to be supported by two parents. Giving up custody and visitation rights will not free you from the obligation of child support.
No, you still need the permission of the court if the other parent has any parental rights.
Sole even if he was still shacking up with you
If you relinquish your parental rights, you are still not going to get child support payments. The child support is for the child.
No. If the other parent has not had his/her parental rights taken away by the court, he/she is still responsible for providing financial support for the child(ren).
Yes, the revocation of parental rights does not exclude the parent from being financially responsible until the child or children reach the age of emancipation, or the age ordered in the child support petition.
A parent is the biological or legally adoptive mother or father. If you have lost custody of your child you are still the child's parent in that sense. If you have allowed your child to be legally adopted you may not be in their life but you are still their parent in that sense. In a legal sense you can no longer make any decisions for the child and have no parental rights.
No. If somebody abandoned their child, the child would then be taken usually into DHS's custody and usually placed in a foster home. When the child is older parents can try to contact the child.
Generally speaking, once parental rights (which is a different thing than custodial rights) are terminated a person is no longer responsible for child support. However, you cannot just "sign over" your parental rights. Parental rights can only be terminated by a judge, and unless it's a case of adoption (where someone else is willing to assume your parental responsibilities), the judge generally says "no, I won't allow it"
Termination of parental rights does not terminate one's child support obligation.