Delorna: In Florida can the father sign over rights to a child to avoid paying child support?
In Florida can the father sign over rights to a child to avoid paying child support? The father is under the age of 18 as well as the mother. He does not want anything to do with the baby much less pay for it. The girl is 15 the father is 17 she has not gave birth yet. What can he do?
Answers and Views:
Answer by Irv S
He can sign away his rights, but not his responsibilities.
He’s ‘on the hook’ for the support.
ONLY if she agrees to it. Both the Mother and Father of the child have to be in agreement. By him signing over his rights that means he will NEVER be allowed to have ANYTHING to do with the child, period. If she agrees to it then that means she can NEVER ask him for child support or ANYTHING for the child, period. So they better think it through.Answer by KC
No the only rights he can sign off is visitation and those issues rights. So he doesn’t have to take the kid to ball games. It’s like if he is only a donor of a bank, except he still has to pay for what ever. Most of all is to know that if it was possible, no one would have child support who thinks they can simply sign off it. It is a stupid idea and doesn’t have anything to do with child support. There are people who do it because they don’t want to be a family with the kid. Usually, people who are married might sign that, so they don’t have 2 families.Answer by George McCasland
First, it should be understood that until court ordered, single fathers have NO ASSUMED PARENTAL RIGHTS. Financial responsibility and parental rights are not linked until he has applied to the court for permission to see his child(ren). What the father is doing is motioning the court to be released from current and future financial obligations, along with giving up the right to “PETITION” the court for Parental Rights.
This said, ONLY MOTHERS have the universal right to voluntarily give her parental rights AND financial responsibility for her child(ren). Initially, after the day of birth, under State Safe Haven Laws, she can abandon her child, giving up all rights and responsible for said child (NO QUESTIONS ASKED) at any Hospital ER. Even after the Statute of Limitations under the Safe Haven Law, the mother can still give up her children to the State Division of Family Services. However, while she is allowed to do this, the father is still obligated to pay child support, even while his child languishes in foster care.
On the other hand, the male must seek the permission of the Court, AND the Mother, to give up his own financial responsibility. On the note, many a father has given his right to “Claim Parental Rights” only to learn later that this did not include being absolved of financial responsibility. They are essentially TRICKED into having no say in how a Gatekeeper mother raises the child(ren).
Petitioning the courts to be absolved of financial responsibility can be time consuming, and expensive in terms of legal fees and court costs. Further, he could be obligated to pay for the mother’s legal counsel. Further, if the mother is receiving Aid For Dependent Children (AFDC) or other State Aid for the children, not even the court has the authority to grant a motion to absolve the father of responsibility.
These cases usually have little to do with the father not wanting anything to parent his child, but rather not wishing to continually deal with a “Gatekeeper Mother” who has 100% control over his parental access. Even with court ordered visitation rights, in 40% of the cases, the mother will repeatedly deny him, or blackmail him into paying her cash, over and above child support, for each time he wishes to see his child. The cost, though expensive, is less than the cost of hiring an attorney to go to court each time he is denied access.
If the issue involves dealing with a “Gatekeeper Mother“, there are means and methods to deal with this. The father need only learn what they are.
https://giving_up_parental_rights.dads-house.org/
https://Single_Fathers_N_Paternity.Dads-House.Org
https://Children_Of_Separated_Parents.Dads-House.Org
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