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BD wants to sign rights over?

posted 15th Sep
Which I am totally fine with. Let me just explain my situation..It might get long, sorry in advanced..but I have some questions if anyone has answers.
So, back in January I started dating an old high school crush. He was married but separated, filling for divorce. Anyhoo, we only dated for about a month..he started being a jerk and I refused to deal with it so I left him. 2 weeks later I find out I'm pregnant. By that time he was already back with his wife "trying to get his family back" (they have a son together) so he pulled the 'its not mine' card. His wife even tried to fight me and his friend started an argument with me on facebook saying it wasn't his baby and that I'm a slut. Not to mention his friend lived in California at the time!! Well, him and his wife ended up breaking up again (they have done this a million times and will do it a million more until they die) They get back together and then she finds out she got pregnant by someone else while they were broken up. (3 possibilities within two weeks, but def not her husband, but i'm the slut?!) So then he wants to be involved with my baby but still be with her. fine. (He has tried getting back with me a couple of times since I got pregnant, I don't want him.) The only contact we had was after I had an appointment. Well, they break up again because he"doesn't feel right being with her when she is pregnant by someone else" he finds a new g/f from out of town, & doesn't want anything to do with our son anymore and now this girl is starting drama with me saying it isn't his baby when she doesn't know me, nor did she even know BD when I got pregnant!!! They break up and get back together a couple of times in a month or so..and in that time me and his wife have become civil because we want our children to know each other since they are brothers. (with the exception of the one shes pregnant with now) Well, now her and BD are back together and have been for a couple of months. They are living with her grandparents because when he started dating that other girl he quit his job, moved two hours away to where she lived, and ended up losing their house) I asked him was her baby going to have his last name and he said yes and that he will be raising him as his own and had even felt him kick. He now wants to sign his rights over but I'm not sure how that works. Like I said, i'm totally fine with it.he is clearly not stable and we will be better off without him in our lives. I probably left something out, but you get the idea. I know I made a bad decision, so please don't judge me on that, you aren't perfect either. Sorry I'm rambling...here is my whole reason for telling you all that..I want to know how he would go about doing that? I know that everywhere is different and some states don't even allow parents to signs their rights over. (I live in Georgia) Does anyone have any information on this, or better yet, does anyone have personal experience with this? Thanks in advanced and sorry again for it being so drawn out...its been a long 8 months.
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I have 1 child & live in Georgia
posted 15th Sep
I'm sorry I don't have any advise, but I just wanted to tell you that you aren't a bad person. And congrats on your pregnancy  
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I have 1 child & 2 angel babies & live in Texas
posted 15th Sep
Quoting mommy2vanessa:" I'm sorry I don't have any advise, but I just wanted to tell you that you aren't a bad person. And congrats on your pregnancy  "
Thank you very much!  
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I have 1 child & live in Georgia
posted 15th Sep
him signing his rights off to your son could be the best possible decision you make in your life. your son does not need a father in his life when it suits his convience let him take care of it and make sure it's legal, but keep in mind you will not be able to collect child support from this jerk and im hoping you wouldn't want to..
good luck...
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I'm due December 25th (a boy), have 1 child & 4 angel babies & live in Tucson, Arizona
posted 15th Sep
Quoting Imita:" him signing his rights off to your son could be the best possible decision you make in your life. your ... [snip!] ... but keep in mind you will not be able to collect child support from this jerk and im hoping you wouldn't want to.. good luck..."
you're exactly right. I want my son to have his father, but he deserves so much better than someone who chooses other women & another baby over him. I PRAY he can and actually will sign his rights over and I have no desire to collect a penny from him. The less contact the better! Thanks!
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I have 1 child & live in Georgia
posted 15th Sep
I don't really know the answer- but you are 100% making the right choice by not insisting he be a part of your child's life. I am probably being obvious, but I only have my own situation to go off of- I would definitely keep him off the birth certificate. BD is not on DD's birth certificate, so I don't have to consult him when making legal decisions about my daughter (like changing her last name to mine). If you find out how to have them completely sign over rights, I would like to know too!
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I have 1 child & live in Jupiter, Florida
posted 15th Sep
Quoting Samerra's Momma:" I don't really know the answer- but you are 100% making the right choice by not insisting he be a part ... [snip!] ... (like changing her last name to mine). If you find out how to have them completely sign over rights, I would like to know too!"
absolutely! I tried so hard at first..but after he told me he was going to be raising her son as his own, giving him his last name and still didn't give a crap if he was involved with our baby or not I was DONE trying!
I'm hoping someone will read this who has gone through it, but I do still plan on talking to a lawyer to find out 100%
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I have 1 child & live in Georgia
posted 15th Sep
I don't know the answer to this either, but what I did when I was a single and pregnant mama-to-be was go have a free consultation with a lawyer. It was the best thing I could have ever done! It strengthened me and my confidences to be a single mom and answered a lot of my questions. (I was more concerned about BD trying to get rights to our child but he was unstable and on and off drugs). A lawyer could tell you everything you need to know about that.
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I have 1 child & live in Florida
posted 15th Sep
Most of the time they will not let them in less there is someone there to adopt the child.
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I have 2 kids & live in Lakeland, Florida
posted 15th Sep
Quoting Mama 2 a Boy & Girl:" Most of the time they will not let them in less there is someone there to adopt the child. "

this is true....a man cannot sign over his right unless someone is ''taking his place'' (like a stepfather adopting LO)
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I have 6 kids & live in Glen Burnie, Maryland
posted 15th Sep
Quoting ItsEasyIfYouTry:" I don't know the answer to this either, but what I did when I was a single and pregnant mama-to-be was ... [snip!] ... rights to our child but he was unstable and on and off drugs). A lawyer could tell you everything you need to know about that."

okay, thanks! I really need to do that asap!
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I have 1 child & live in Georgia
posted 15th Sep
Quoting Mama 2 a Boy & Girl:" Most of the time they will not let them in less there is someone there to adopt the child. "

That's what i've heard. :/
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I have 1 child & live in Georgia
posted 15th Sep
Quoting Brittany Nolan:" That's what i've heard. :/"


I have to wait till we have money my SO is willing to adopt my child BD is MIA well he moved and has not told me where he lives.
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I have 2 kids & live in Lakeland, Florida
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