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Jean in TX said:It depends on what State you live in.
Here in the State of Texas, once you sign away parental rights, you have no more responsibility for the child or visitation priveledges.
You are no longer considered the child's parent and that means you are not responsible.
Hope that helps.
Check your States rules and codes and that should tell you.
greggrmak said:Could anyone out there help with this question.
I'm paying an exhorbetent amount of c/s with no real way or want to see my child. This sounds callous, but her mother wants no part of me in her life,,,no part except the money , of course. What kind of recourse do I have. Would signiing over rights remedy this or will I still be burdened with this expense?
duelingbass said:I live in TX, in a similar situation, How can i verify this iinformation? Where is it noted that once your no longer considered the childs' parent in TX, that your no longer responsible for the child financially? I lost my job for quite some time and it took a while to get back on my feet, and now that I am, I am getting taken back to court for money. I understand the back support will be owed, thats a given. but what about future payments? Neither one of us have custody, we quit going to court cause we both ran out of money seems like, and only temporary orders are in place that name her joint conservetor, but the primary, so the child lives with her. I live so far away that I can not meet the appointed times for visitation, and to be real honest i have had very little interaction with her because of this. I have always paid on time and was never late seing that it was automatically garnished at 20% of my gross. It is only as of late that i have missed the scheduled payments. How certain are you that this is the way TX law is written? Please advize thx