If my rights and my wife’s righter to our child was terminated, do we have to add the child to the divorce paperwork?
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If my rights and my wife’s righter to our child was terminated, do we have to add the child to the divorce paperwork?
virginia
Asked on November 28, 2017 under Family Law, Virginia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
If parental rights were terminated, then legally, the child is no longer your child. You do not have to add him or her to the divorce paperwork or otherwise include/incorporate him or her in the divorce since nothing about your marital or living situations will affect this child; legally, he or she is a stranger to you now.
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