Legal Question in Family Law in Louisiana
termination of parental rights
If a father is seeking to terminate his parental rights voluntarily, what, if any, are his obligations after his rights have been terminated? Will he have any responsibility for the child at all (i.e. past or future medical care/medical card, child support, etc.)?
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1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: termination of parental rights
Any court ordered obligations such as back due support, back due medical benefits and the like remain due and owing unless specifically eliminated by a subsequent order of the same or superior court. However, courts are very reluctant to bastardize children by terminating parental rights without the best interest of the children being the primary reason. It is hard for me to imagine a court granting a father termination of his rights simply upon his request.
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