Ex said he would sign his rights over, so I need to know were to start??? anyone know???Please help...

It's not that easy. Ex doesn't have to exercise any rights, but only a JUDGE can remove the RESPONSIBILITIES of the father to the child, or the rights of the CHILD to its father - and then it typically only happens when either (a) you are remarried and your husband wishes to adopt the child, or (b) the father is deemed by the court to be either dangerous to the child, or unABLE to establish a relationship (such as being sentenced to a long prison term). Beyond those, removal of rights MIGHT be possible if you can show complete abandonment, but regardess, it'll need to go through the courts.

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A Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) is a legal action that terminates all of a parents rights to make decisions for a child or to care for that child. A Termination of Parental Rights may be voluntary or involuntary. All too often parents are pressured into relinquishing their rights based on allegations of abuse, neglect or abandonment. The consequences are significant and long lasting. A parent should never enter into such proceedings unrepresented. The result is often final.

A termination of parental rights requires a high standard of proof and must be proven by clear and convincing evidence. Any person with knowledge of the circumstances may seek to terminate parental rights. The end result of a termination is that the all rights of the parent may be terminated but it does not extinguish that parents responsibility to pay any past balance for child support. It is best to get advice from a seasoned lawyer.
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im sixteen and pregnant,
my mom said that when the babby is born
that i have to sign over my rights.
i wanted to know if you could give me more information
about that.
and how that would work,
are there possibilites that if i dont want to sign over my rights could they make me?

You might try creating your own toppic to avoid confusion

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Have you browsed through the information in LawInfo's Free Legal Resource Center to learn more about your issue yet? See: http://www.lawinfo.com/consumer.html and http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/index.html. You can certainly try to speak to a lawyer to determine what legal options may be available. In the meantime, you may be able to learn more on your own. Search the "Free Legal Resources" tab, or browse the Consumer Resources. Good luck.