Legal Question in Family Law in California

Unless it is part of a step-parent adoption, or the child is being made a foster child or ward of the state, it is not possible for one parent to give up parental rights to the other. That rights to parentage and support belong to the child and neither parent can give them away.

File an OSC for modification of Legal Custody. You will need to show the court via declaration that the other parent was not a part of your child's life for at least two years. Contact me directly.