Legal Question in Disability Law in Virginia
How can I terminate my parental rights? I have a child who lives with the father and I never really wanted to have a child at the time which why she is with him and I want to dissolve my rights so that have to deal with him because he was abusive.
Asked on 9/18/10, 3:29 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson
Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson
Only a Virginia court of proper jurisdiction is empowered to terminate
the rights of a parent with respect to his or her child. (No, a notarized piece of
paper allegedly attesting to such voluntary termination with the signature of the parent will not suffice for such a matter.)
Answered on 9/24/10, 9:19 am