My baby mama abandoned her four children to her mother. I have one child with her. They were all placed in the care of CPS. I voluntarily terminated my parental rights and the courts involuntarily terminated the mothers rights. The grandmother is trying to get custody. I wanted my child to be adopted by others, that was the whole purpose of me terminating my rights. I’ve been paying child support to the mother and now it says I have a case being open for the grandmother. I thought once I terminated my rights my child is suppose to be adopted and the grandmother has the legal and financial responsibility? What do I do if the attorney general opens a case? Am I obligated to pay on that child that is no longer mine?
Hi kinsman. Welcome to our forum. I am going to move your thread to In My Humble Opinion, where you should find some people willing to take a shot at your question.
The grandmother technically has no ‘rights.’ However, CPS is likely to place the children (potentially for a later full adoption) with family members before considering a stranger adoption.
If you know of reasons that your child should not be in the care of the grandmother, you should bring those to the attention of CPS but given that you have signed your rights away, your input is no different in this case than a stranger walking in off the street.
If your rights have been recently signed away, you may be able to get them back (here you are allowed 30 days to change your mind). Once you have the rights back, you will likely be able to place your child for adoption with a private agency where you can choose the adoptive family.
From what I understand, you can’t sign away your obligation to pay child support unless the child is adopted by another person. If grandma is granted custody, you’d still be on the hook unless she legally adopts the child. It would probably be stupid of her to do since not doing so would allow her to continue to get money from you for support.
The courts will decide what is in the best interest of the child. If grandma is determined to be that, you’ll stay on the hook.
Am I correct in thinking that you want control over who raises your child not because you want whats best for the kid but so you don’t have to pay child support?
Took less than 10 seconds
google “texas child support laws”
So to answer your question. Sure looks that way.
I assume this is exactly why he did it. If this were legal, there would be lousy fathers all over the place sighing away legal rights to not be obligated to support the children they helped create.
Since he seems more concerned about his financial obligations than what is in the best interest of the child, money seems to be the motivating factor.
How did you not make yourself aware that the preferred placement is always, always with blood relatives where possible?
And, if this point was so important to you, why would you terminate your rights, before it was dealt with to your satisfaction?
I’m not seeing how you get a say now.
User name : Kinsman
Join Date: Sept. 5, 2012
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Thread topic: I don’t want to pay support for my abandoned child.
Incidentally, nice user name / topic combo.