Legal Question in Family Law in Alabama

parental rights and child support

My ex wife has custody of our 4 year old daughter. I have tried several times to get custody of her but every time we go before the judge she lies and cries her way out of it. Whenever i try to see my daughter for my vistation, she calls one of her many cop friends and lies and has me arrested. When i am not around she has them run my liscense and social to see if I have any warrants on me. She has cost me over $50,000 in lawyer fees, bonds, court costs,...etc. This does not include the child support that I pay. She harasses me at work, tries to have me fired, anything she can do to make my life miserable. She says she will stop if I take her back. When I was with her she tried to kill me on several occasiions and is just plain crazy. I have since then remarried and have a new family. She is tring to destroy that, too. I am condsidering signing over my rights because I can't take it any more. If I do this will I still have to pay child support? I do not mind paying it, I was just wanted to know what kind of rights I would be signing over.


Asked on 11/11/01, 2:49 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Walter Blocker Walter l. Blocker, III P.C.

Re: parental rights and child support

you are talking about terminating your parental rights to your child. a judge will probably not let you do this on your own motion. there have to be very strong and specific grounds to terminate parental rights. if you choose not to visit with your child the court would still require you to pay child support. "signing over your rights" is not a concept under the law. your rights are 1. parental rights. 2. visitation rights. you can agree to have the child adopted by another person (your x wife's new husband) and if the adoption goes through, you should be absolved from paying any more child support, however, you would not have a child any longer as far as the law was concerned.

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Answered on 11/12/01, 8:28 pm


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