How can I get parental rights terminated if the father is not on the certificate? 25 Answers as of January 08, 2012

You can't. The right to be supported belongs to the child and you have no authority to seek to terminate that.

He doesn't have any rights if he isn't named the father on the birth certificate. He would have to petition the court for paternity to have rights.

In Louisiana, he has no rights to visitation or to support the child until he proves paternity- that he is the father. He would need a court order or judgment declaring him to be the father before he has parental rights. Based on your question detail, he presently does not have parental rights to your child.

In order to get parental rights terminated, you must show that father hasn't seen or supported the child for at least one year.

If the father wasn't married to you, isn't on the birth certificate and has not filed legitimation papers, he has no parental rights to custody or visitation.

There are not enough facts in your question to give you a precise answer. However, terminating parental rights is very, very difficult. Usually it cannot be done unless the father is either incarcerated for a very long time, or there are other facts about the father that make him a danger to the children. What is done in Colorado is to determine (1) the primary custodial parent, and (2) the parenting time for both parents. Parenting time can be limited, supervised or otherwise restricted if appropriate. Like many attorneys we will sit down and review the bills, the letters and your situation with you without charge. Your best bet is to find a good lawyer who provides advice on this kind of issue on a regular basis and review your specific facts; the lawyer will be able to give you an analysis of the law and your options.

You can't. Children are entitled to a father and a mother. If the father doesn't know he has a child, the closest that you can come to terminatinghis parental rights at this time would be by keeping him in a state of ignorance. If the father knows he has a child and has access to his child, yet makes no effort to contact or support his child for a period of at least one year, it may be possible to terminate his parental rightsin a stepparent adoption.

You must be new to this list. In Ohio, the "father" of a child born to an unmarried mother has no rights unless and until the juvenile court grants them. Please discuss this with a domestic relations attorney near you.

Find someone to adopt the child and take responsibility for the child.

It does not appear that the "father" yet has any rights to be terminated. If you are not married, there is no "legal father" until a court determines who that is and, until then, there isn't really much need to take the initiative. If the "father" desires to assert what he believes are his "rights", you are fully empowered to deny him any access to the child until such time as he takes the initiative to being a paternity case that will decide if he is the father and, if so, what specific rights he should have.

If you aren't married and he hasn't signed a voluntary declaration of paternity, then there are no rights to terminate.

If he isn't on the birth certificate and he hasn't been adjudicated the father in court, he has no rights to terminate.

If the father is not on the birth certificate, then he doesn't have parental rights. You can't terminate them until he is given notice and opportunity to claim his rights.

Depends on whether or not you are married. If you are not married he has no parental rights until paternity is established.

You cannot unilaterally terminate the bio dads parenting rights unless you have another person willing to step into the parenting role. The child has a right to have a relationship with both parents unless the parenting relationship us harmful to the child.

The absence of the father on the birth certificate alone is not grounds for termination of parental rights. You should contact a family law attorney to discuss the grounds for termination and if they apply to your situation.

No. If the father has not been adjudicated as such and is not a presumed father by signing a recognition of parentage, he would have no established rights to terminate.

If a man is not on the birth certificate, did not sign an affidavit of parentage nor was he married to you at the time of birth, he has no parental rights. Right now the issue is moot until or if the father seeks to establish his parentage by way of an action to establish paternity.