South Carolina,No birth father, Need advice.

[kmcnulty]

Here I am scouring the web in search of a little information on my case... I am a single mother, my daughter is now 6 months old. For all intents and purposes, since the father is not on the birth certificate nor involved, we will say that I "do not know the birth father". I am currently enlisting in the Army and therefore need to sign over full custody to my parents. Everything that I find is on divorce and the such so it is no help. I contacted the courts and they say that I would need to notify the father to relinquish rights to the child. But since I "do not know", what should I do in that situation?

Any help?
Thanks!

 

[BayState]

Here I am scouring the web in search of a little information on my case... I am a single mother, my daughter is now 6 months old. For all intents and purposes, since the father is not on the birth certificate nor involved, we will say that I "do not know the birth father". I am currently enlisting in the Army and therefore need to sign over full custody to my parents. Everything that I find is on divorce and the such so it is no help. I contacted the courts and they say that I would need to notify the father to relinquish rights to the child. But since I "do not know", what should I do in that situation?

Any help?
Thanks!

Sure you know...Unless you were raped or had unprotected sex with a total stranger?

 

[Duranie]

You need to see an attorney and see about printing in the newspaper that you need to identify the father of your child. your story seems far fetched. Unless you were raped or a prositutute, you should know the first and last name of your childs father.

 

[jharris352]

First, you should not sign over full custody to your parents or ANYONE else. Sometimes that's hard to undo. You can give temporary guardianship to your parents without notifying the father. Go to the juvenile court and ask them how to do that and they will usually have a form. If not, come back here and we will help.

I agree with Duraine, you do know the birth father and I would not represent that you don't if you do. While you are gone the birth father can sue your parents for custody. Leaving custody and child support undetermined is not a very wise thing to do. It causes more trouble than it solves. Let me know if that helps.