Legal Question in Family Law in California

How can I make sure that my child's father has no legal rights to her? He and I broke up when I was 2 months pregnant, he said that he wasn't ready and didn't want anything to do with me or the baby. At that moment I was upset so I told him that I would have an abortion and to have a good life. I then changed my mind and decided to have my child without him. My daughter is now 2 months old and to dis day he doesn't know that she was born. I don't want him in our lives but I also want to make sure he has no right to her if he ever found out.


Asked on 9/10/09, 4:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

In California it can't be done. My gf wanted to get pregnant and use me as a sperm donor since she thought she had to do IVF to get pregnant. She wanted me to waive rights because we hadn't been together too long and in case we didn't work out she wanted me to just be like an annonymous donor. Had the IVF worked, I could have waived rights. But it didn't. Then, like all the stories you hear, she got pregnant the old fashioned way the next month! So we consulted a specialist in adoptions, sperm donors, etc. And we found out there is no way for me to give up or for her to cut off my paternal rights. It also means that he has support obligations too, though. So if you're stuck with him having rights, you may want to go down to your local county Child Support Services office and have them establish paternity for you. That way if you can't keep him from having rights, at least he'll have to share in her support too.

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Answered on 9/10/09, 7:15 pm


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