Can a father disown a child and not have to pay child support in texas?
No. To "disown" means to disinherit. This means that a father can write a will that specifically states a child is not entitled to inherit a single thing when the father dies. Even if a father disinherits his child, he is still legally and morally required to support that child until that child reaches adulthood.
What will happen if I take my child's father off of child support and can I put him back on if I want?
If he really wants to be with you for YOU, then he won't make forgiving the arrearage and canceling his child support an issue. If he does, then there's your answer.Now, what you can do is get him off child support on a go-forward basis, provided he intends for the 3 of you to live together, and for his income to go towards supporting the entire household.But don't forgive the arrearage. That's money you've already spent supporting your child, and he needs to pay his share of the past. ( You can't waive money owed to the State anyway.) If he's ready to be a stand up father and husband, that's great. Tell him to put his money where his mouth is. If he means it, then he will.
What reasons would someone give for relinquishing parental rights?
Actually, I am aware of a case. The father’s wife filed a restraining order against him after having two children, one was his the other was another man who she had been screwing around with for the past year.She then invited him over and slept with him. The next day, she had him arrested for violating the restraining order.Then her attorney and her worked out a great deal that allowed him to pay full support for both children and allowed her to move cross country in with the father of her second child. Of course, he lost all parental rights. But get this- they agreed to not testify against him in criminal court and he didn’t have to go to prison for 10–15 years and have a felony. He just gets to pay child support for a child he will never see again, which essentially is a prison sentence within itself.So, knowing that courts will grant a restraining order with no evidence whatsoever is this a great deal for men? He by the way resisted going to visit her that night but she convinced him that she wanted him back and it would be ok.And this story along with about 2 dozen others involving people I personally know well is why I am firmly and happily, MGTOW and why I have little respect for our legal system relative to men’s rights which is an oxymoron.Men have no rights relative to women in the US and Feminism makes sure that it stays that way. The NOW (nations largest feminists group) has fought for decades to make certain that what that woman did to the father of her child all women can do and many women do, and why shouldn’t they it’s all legal and legit and our judges are happy to support this legalized extortion, blackmail, enslavement, and destruction of ordinary men.MGTOW is male survival and a realistic way of looking at the world. Men need to take the plunge and take the MGTOW lifestyle. Young men don’t have to be enslaved. They can keep the fruits of their labor. They can pursue their interests they can have wonderful relationships with women that don’t include marriage or co-habitation and they can resist women using emotional blackmail to marry or co-habitate. The key to a happy healthy life for men is to not marry ever. And definitely avoid being sperm jacked at all costs.So that aside - men are legally extorted into giving up their parental rights and pretty much any woman can pull it off.
Child Support and Custody Questions in Texas?
My ex-husband and I divorced in 2005. I was granted primary physical custody and agreed to standard visitation because I thought it was important my son have a relationship with his father. There were strict guidelines for visitation due to the fact my ex had two assault charges against my son and I. For the first 6 months after we started the divorce proceedings he continued to see our son once a week for a few hours (our son was 2 at the time). When the divorce was finalized, he stopped showing up unless I made a call and arranged the time he would be present. After the 3rd time he canceled on me at the last minute I told him he needed to call me when he was able to see him and I wanted him to take the time to arrange it. I never heard from him again. He has a state ordered wage garnishment in place that has collected child support since this time. I have tried to keep him updated on our son, sending pictures and occasionally update once a year. I stopped receiving child support a few months ago, and when I contacted his job they said he was no longer employed (He has been at the same company 10+ years). I am not sure how the state of Texas works when someone falls behind in child support? Also, I am wanting to terminate his parental rights since our son has been diagnosed with psychiatric illness in the last 3 years (which I told my ex in an update). All doctors I have worked with say it would be very confusing and negative to him to introduce the concept of a missing father for the past several years. Does anyone have any experience with this process? I know they have to not being paying child support or doing visitation, but I also know Texas is strict when it comes to parental rights. My son has been in the hospitalized for 6 weeks in the last 2 months and I want to take any unknowns out of his life. Thanks for any advice and experience.
What are step parent's rights if the biological parent, their spouse, dies?
Depending on in what state you live when you die, your grandparents MAY have a right to file for visitation based on your death. Your husband has no legal rights whatsoever. The only thing you can do is to have your current husband file for a Standby Guardianship thorugh the courts. That way, if you die, he would immediately be appointed the children's guardian until such time as your ex can take posession. It's not a solution, just a way not to upset the balance until it needs to be. EDITED FOR ALL OF YOU who mentioned a will or separate agreement. First of all, a will written to include a child's disposition is void on it's face. A will is valid ONLY for property and children are NOT property. If there is anyting in the will regarding custody or guardianship of a child, the will can and will be invalidated. Also, a contract / agreement to the disposition of a child is void on it's face as against public policy. Such a contract / agreement can be voided by the state or either party under these circumstances. I didn't write my answer because i like to watch myself type or because I didn't have 35 years experience in family and children issues both nationally and internationally. As others have said, There are only TWO ways for the step parent to gain custody. 1. Through an adoption and ONLY if the court terminates the biological parent's rights or the adoption is joined by a simultaneous TPR petition by either the court or the biological parent, or; 2. Through guardianship which gives the guardian the right to petition for custody. In this case, if the guardian (as I said in my post) is of a standby nature, then they stand in line behind anyone who wishes to adopt and is either the biological parent or of familial lineage. Poster, A will does NOT allow disposition of a child. PERIOD! In any state.
Can my ex husband stop me from moving from Arizona to Texas with our children? I’m recently remarried, have primary custody of my children and my spouse lives and works in Texas. My ex has partial legal custody but lives in Alaska (visits Arizona).
My story says yes you can but the judge might not see it that way.I lived in a resort community in PA and in order to get a job that supported my family, found one 65 miles away in neighboring NJ. My work schedule was 8–5pm in my field I awoke at 4:30am and returned home about 7:30pm. The children were in daycare near my work place. Yes. The kids spent about 5 hours a day in the car. I had primary physical custody of my one and three year olds. The father saw them three weekends a month.I asked the court if I could move to NJ because the 2.5 hour commute was killing me and I knew once the kids started school it wasn;t going to doable. For six months I had been renting a one bedroom walkup near my workplace to save money and provide a more homelike environment for my children Monday thru Thursday; I stayed at the former marital home on weekends.My ex fought it and we went to court. In PA, the judge makes his ruling in a few weeks by USPS mail notification to the attorneys. I get a copy eventually from my attorney saying “Relocation is denied. Mrs P just wants a high paying job in NJ so she can have a country house and a city apartment.” I was livid.A couple of days later, I was driving and the ex called me. He said the judge was wrong and the ex said it makes more sense for the kids and me to move to NJ. (why did we spend all that money and time on lawyers? He could have just agreed when I asked.) So we wrote up an agreement and the judge approved it and reversed his order.I was moving for work. The ex wasn;t paying enough support to pay even half of the living expenses. Our former marital home was in a resort area with only service jobs that do not support a family. AND still the judge ruled I could not move.Moral of the story: Stay out of the court if at all possible. Make an agreement. Get it in writing and the judge will order it as proposed.
How willing are judges to let non-custodial parents give up their parental rights if a child's custodial parent is financially self-sufficient?
Judges tend to hold the view that parents, custodial or not, have an obligation to provide financial support for their children. Parental support is not about the adults (and their financial circumstance) but the child. Children are extremely expensive to raise. As a non-custodial parent, one can give up their parental rights but, unless the other parent agrees to nonsupport of said child, you are not off the hook. There are countless father's out there whose wages are garnished for child support but they have not seen each other in years, to the disappointment and pain of many children.
If a child's adoptive parent(s) die, will their biological parent(s) be entitled to take the child back into their care if fit to do so?
Speaking as a U.S. adult adoptee whose adoptive parents died when I was 14, it is common procedure for such parents to make provisions for surviving children, should they predecease them and typically included in their Will or Trust. In my case my aunt and uncle became my guardians ad litem until I reached adulthood. It is highly unlikely that bio parents would be given custody because when a child is put up for adoption both bio parents sign away ALL rights and responsibilities for that child. A new birth certificate is issued as if the bio parents never existed. That is protection for the child and its adopted parents to prevent bio parents from coming back years later after relinquishing the child. Any exceptions are extremely rare.