Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
child support arrears and adoption
My daughter's father wants to terminate his parental rights, he currently owes $14K in arrears, when my husband adopts her will her biological father still be held accountable for the arrears through the attorney general's office?
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Re: child support arrears and adoption
Probably, but there is no way to know from just this little bit of information .
Re: child support arrears and adoption
Termination of the parent-child relationship is the first step in the adoption process. Tha termination order does not do away with the past unpaid child support obligation; however, it will cut off any future child support obligation.
The short answer is - no, the adoption does not absolve the father of the accrued child support that has not been paid.
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