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Tue 29 Mar, 2005 06:43 am
Living in Oregon and have a 20 month old son. I would like to know if legally I could have my son's father give up his rights to our son? I have know intentions of giving him up for adoption. I would just like to protect my child from a bad father.
Unless you have someone willing to step up and adopt your son (like a husband), chances are that the state will not let your son's father off of the hook for child support -- and that's what would happen if his rights were terminated.
If he is a bad father - abusive, negligent, otherwise dangerous - there are ways to prevent him from being involved in the child's life without his rights being terminated.