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How do I voluntarily terminate parental rights?

Asked on Feb 24th, 2023 on Adoptions - Texas
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I would like to remove myself as my childs parent and allow her now step father to adopt her.
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Family Law Attorney serving Bellaire, TX
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If your child's mother and step-father are interested in moving forward to terminate your parental rights and to do a step-parent adoption, then usually they would present you with a legal document that you can review and sign that would voluntarily relinquish your parental rights to your child.  However, if they are not interested in pursuing a termination and adoption it is highly unlikely that a court would allow you to voluntarily terminate your rights.  Courts typically will not terminate a parent's rights unless or until someone is stepping up to assuming those rights that you are asking to be terminated.
Answered on Mar 21st, 2023 at 8:41 AM

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