Can the mother get the father on child support if father gives up his parental rights?

Dear Anonymous:    There are two separate answers required to your question. First:  if a person's parental rights are terminated that individual will not owe child support going forward.  However, any retroactive or arrears in support is still due. Second:  One typically cannot simply "give up" his/her parental rights.  The concept is the state wants two parents to be responsible for the child and to support the child.  However, if in this case, if the mother is planning to remarry and /or has an ongoing relationship with another responsible adult who wishes to adopt the child, then a step-parent adoption or a second parent adoption that is filed will require that the bio dad to give up his rights.  So if Mom has this in the planning stages, then it will be possible for the father to relinquish his parental rights and be relieved of further support obligations.   I hope this helped. Best of luck, Cindy S. Vova Law Offices of Cindy S. Vova Broward/Boca Raton 954-316-3496/561-962-2785