Voluntary terminating parental rights?
This situation is kind of weird but i'll explain it as well as i can.
My husbands baby is due in October and were looking to find out how to go about having the birth mother sign over her parental rights of the child, she is willing to do this because she cannot care for this child now does she want too, and I as the wife am looking to become the legal guardian.
So does anybody know how we go about doing this?
We are looking to have her give up her rights to my husband so later down the line i can adopt his baby.
Is there a way we can do this without getting an attorney involved? Again the birth mother is more than willing to do this, as a matter of fact when the baby is born we will be picking her up from the hospital and bringing her home with us!
(the birth mother was going to put the baby up for adoption befor we decided that we were going to take over in the care for the baby?
The easier this can be done the better, can we just go to the courts? all three of us?
Answers:
There is no way you can reliably get this done without getting an attorney involved.
I am not an attorney.
How ever you do it be careful because one day if she gets her life all squared away she can get her child back~
See a local attorney. Different states have different laws about doing this.
OK getting a lawyer is your best most legal way. I'm sure you can do it yourself but make sure you know what paperwork needs to be done for the courts.
or if the mother really agrees all she has to do is put your and your husbands name on the birth certificate.
she was your guys Saragent mother right? wink-wink
I would say your best bet is to get a lawyer involved. Shouldn't cost that much, but he/she will know what the proper wording and such for the documents should be. Like mentioned, it happens quite a bit that the mother decides down the line she wants the baby back. She may even change her mind at the hospital once she sees the baby.
You should definitely get a lawyer and make sure all the T's are crossed and I's dotted. Later on the birth mother could decide she wants the child back and if things are not done perfectly in the first place she would have every right to have custody of the child.
I have no idea of your circumstances, so I'll try to be nice. Forgive me if I offend anyone here, it is not my intention! First, this will never be done without an attorney, you will at least have to file for custody. I really don't know how far you'll get with this other idea. Terminating a parent's rights is tricky. Are you REAL sure your marriage can survive this? Just because she says that today we all know a woman can/will change her mind. If she does you can count on the nastiest, dirtiest fight you've ever seen. I was personally told by DHS that they ABSOLUTELY do not do anything to help fathers. I personally have never met anyone who willingly gave up a child regardless of the circumstances. And where I live women do not give up babies, they use them for a 20 yr free ride here. BTW, if you do pull this off, tell that woman that if she stands up and the birth control pill falls on the floor she is putting them in the wrong hole!!! That woman has no business having babies!!! GOOD LUCK!!
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