Ex husband wants to give up parental rights. Need advice!?

My son is 6 years old and we live in Ohio. My ex-husband lives in Fl and is planning on working in the bahamas for 2 years and then europe for at least 4. He has not seen our son since he was 3 and is always behind on child support. I am re-married and my son calls his step-father daddy. He is the only daddy he remembers. My son occasionally talks on the phone with his biological father but has little to no emotional attachment to him.





My ex recently contacted me saying he wants to give up his parental rights. He knows he won't see our son anytime soon, wants to get out of paying child support and knows my husband wants to adopt our son as his own. He thinks all he has to do is come to Ohio and we go to any court and he can sign over his rights. I have looked this up and gotten a few different directions. Can anyone please explain this process and how to go about moving forward?Ex husband wants to give up parental rights. Need advice!?
Giving up parental rights does not stop requirement to pay child support.Ex husband wants to give up parental rights. Need advice!?
Call the district attorney in your town, they should be able to give you the paper work. Yoiur ex need not come to town, he just needs to get the paperwork signed and notarized by a notary and send the documents back to the DA.


Going through their office saves you time and money.


It's a simple procedure because everyone is in agreement.
Your current husband would have to start the adoption procedure first. Every child has the right to have a father. Without anyone else petitioning to adopt your son, his biological father cannot unilaterally sever his own parental rights.


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People think you can just sign your rights away, when in fact you cannot. You must prove it is in the child's best interest to do so. If your husband is willing to adopt, then the father does not give up his rights in that way, he agrees to the adoption of his son. You need to start adoption proceedings. Courts are all about the child's best interest, and supporting them monetarily and emotionally.