How to go about getting my daughter’s father to sign his parental rights over and what is the cost?
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How to go about getting my daughter’s father to sign his parental rights over and what is the cost?
She is a year old now. Her father has agreed to sign over his rights. We have not had a DNA test and he is not on the birth certificate.
Asked on April 20, 2012 under Family Law, North Carolina
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
The best way to get your daughter's father to sign over whatever parental rights he may have with respect to your daughter is for you to consult with a family law attorney and have him or her draft the required documentation for the father to sign before a notary public signing over all parental rights as to your child.
You need to be cautioned that if parental rights are released in the document as to your daughter and you sign it, your daughter would not be entitled to any child support payments from her father. You will also have to file a court petition concerning what you have written about and the court will make a decision as to whether signing over the parental rights of the father is in your daughter's best interests in the long run.
I suggest that you sit down with a family law attorney as to the serious issues that could arise if the father's parental rights are released as to your daughter.
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