Does anyone know?

My BD wants to give up his rights. Does anyone know if he will still have to pay child support? I have done some research, some sites say yes, some say no. I live in GA..I know it differs from state to state and I'm going to talk to a lawyer to find out for sure. Just wondering if anyone has been through this and they know for sure? I feel like if it was that easy to get away with not paying child support so many men would be giving up their rights...

i wish my BD would give up his rights...child support i dont want i jus want him OUT of our lives :'(

Quoting Gallinita COvarrubias:" i wish my BD would give up his rights...child support i dont want i jus want him OUT of our lives :'("

Same with me!


But, my sisters boyfriend got a girl pregnant (1 time thing) didn't tell him she was pregnant til the child was 6 months old. He has been paying child support for five years and the girls husband wanted to adopt the child and have my sisters boyfriend give up his rights and if he did, he wasn't going to have to pay child support anymore. I'm not sure about your situation and all though.

my BD said he is doing it so he doesn't have to deal with me..i don't want to deal with him either, but i'm thinking about my son..he needs his daddy :/ I'm sorry you are going through a tough time! hope it gets better!

Quoting Ashley Rebecca!:" Same with me! But, my sisters boyfriend got a girl pregnant (1 time thing) didn't tell him she was ... [snip!] ... rights and if he did, he wasn't going to have to pay child support anymore. I'm not sure about your situation and all though."

yeah, in the stuff i found online it said they would have to pay UNLESS you got married and your husband wanted to adopt. but...i'm single so that isn't an option for me! I'm not out to just get his money by any means...but I didn't make him by myself so I don't think I should have to take care of him by myself ya know :/

No he doesn't pay child support. Signing over your rights means you are no longer legally tied to the child. They can't make you pay child support for a child that you have no rights to.

The only child support they will still have to pay is any amount that was overdue. If they owed $1,000. at the time they sign over their rights they still have to pay that money owed but they don't have to pay from the moment their rights are terminated.

When you sign over your rights, you are NOT still the parent of the child, not in the eyes of the law, maybe by blood but that's it. Why do you think once someone signs over their rights then another man is able the adopt the child?

I hope that info helps, Once he signs over his rights, He is in no way responsible for your child in anyway shape or form, If they still had to pay child support (Other than that which might be owning up until termination of the rights) What would be the point in giving them up at all ?

Quoting Brittany Nolan:" My BD wants to give up his rights. Does anyone know if he will still have to pay child support? I have ... [snip!] ... sure? I feel like if it was that easy to get away with not paying child support so many men would be giving up their rights..."

Also it's not neccessarily an easy way to get out of paying child support, The mother has to agree to the termination of the rights, And if she doesn't he would have to fight it, And very well end up losing anyway, So if you don't agree, The rights cannot be terminated, And he would have to pay child support.

Personally i'd agree, Why force someone to be involved that doesn't want to be? Even if it is for child support, Is it worth him having the other rights that could turn around and bite you in the ass later?

I agree, i'm just confused because I have read so many different things online. One site said signing rights away only signs over visitation and decision making rights. There are so many dead beat fathers in the world now, you would think if it was that easy to get out of paying child support, then that's what they would do.

Well, like I said, I don't want him around for me or for the money. I want my son to know his father and not feel like he isn't loved.

Quoting Brittany Nolan:" I agree, i'm just confused because I have read so many different things online. One site said signing ... [snip!] ... in the world now, you would think if it was that easy to get out of paying child support, then that's what they would do."

Yeah it's not that easy to get out of it, Most mothers wont agree lol So they end up fighting with an smurf for the next 18-20 years or more... I guess it depends on the level of rights he is signing away, But for the most part if he signs away everything, And you agree, The law can't really still hold him responsible for the child, But your lawyer will be able to tell you for sure and what it entales. Hopefully it see's you free and clear of him.

Quoting Brittany Nolan:" Well, like I said, I don't want him around for me or for the money. I want my son to know his father and not feel like he isn't loved. "

Yeah only having him legally responsible doesn't mean he'll make your son feel wanted or loved, It could still very much go the other way, But you do whats best for you and your son.

Quoting Brittany Nolan:" yeah, in the stuff i found online it said they would have to pay UNLESS you got married and your husband ... [snip!] ... money by any means...but I didn't make him by myself so I don't think I should have to take care of him by myself ya know :/ "

I totally understand. It takes two to tango. He should have thought about it before hand. He helped you make him... he should help support him no matter what.
My BD is a huge smurf but i know my daughter is better off without him but I'm sorry momma, I hope you can figure it all out

Quoting Brittany Nolan:" Well, like I said, I don't want him around for me or for the money. I want my son to know his father and not feel like he isn't loved. "

Have you tried telling him all this?
Maybe it will just take him seeing his face when he is born to realize.

Quoting Ashley Rebecca!:" I totally understand. It takes two to tango. He should have thought about it before hand. He helped ... [snip!] ... My BD is a huge smurf but i know my daughter is better off without him but I'm sorry momma, I hope you can figure it all out"

Thank you  I will eventually..i'm just so ready to have him and get everything settled.

For some reason I keep thinking that if BD is the one who is wanting to give up his rights he'll still have to pay CS? Or atleast thats what I've heard. And if Mom initiates it then she can agree that he does not have to if he signs over his rights. I'd really like to know as well.