What do i need to do for the father of my unborn son to sign over his parental rights?

Well the father of my baby is moving to las vegas within the next month and a half. This was a REALLY unexpected pregnancy and he has his mind set on adoption and i recently decided i want to keep my son. Since adoption isnt going to happen with me im going to suggest that he signs over his parental rights [which is like him giving up the baby for adoption] and my father will adopt the baby and be his legal guardian. I really just want both myself and the father to move on with life and get this all settled. any info will do just fine. and negativity is not really wanted, there is more to the story than you know!

Do not tell the courts that you don't know who the father is. They are not that stupid in most states, they will ask you to let the men that you slept with in that time period know and want to do paternity tests on them so that the father can have the rights that he should be allowed to have to the baby. Now, I do understand that he doesn't want to have any rights which will make things so much easier on you, you should get an attorney and let the attorney know that the dad is more than willing to sign over all rights to this child and the attorney should be able to get you an order for the courts, have both you and the dad to sign and notarize it and the judge should have no issues in granting it since it is mutual. Of course since the baby is not born yet, they may make you wait until after the baby is born to do this, definately get an attorney, and if you can't afford one go to a legal clinic and ask them for help or maybe try to find one that will help you pro bono. Good luck to you and your baby, I hope that all works out well.

See a lawyer.

Find a lawyer and let the father know that once he signs the paper he will have no responsabilty for the child.

Dont put him on the birth certificate and if anyone askes just say you dont know. If he doesnt want anything to do with the baby to begin with I doubt he'll fight to have any rights or pay for a paternity test.

When they ask who the father is just say "I don't know" then the child will be seen as having no father and it'll be less red tape to go through when the child is adopted. Signing over of parental rights isn't hard either, just go to a lawyer, have they draw up the papers and have the father sign them. This will also stop him from coming back later and trying to get custody of the child and could spare you from future problems.

For a parent to give up their rights, they have to agree to it....unless it's something extreme, like he's a child molester or something and the judge does it. But even then, the courts are hesitant to take away a parents rights like that.
If he really wants nothing to do with the child, then he'll probably agree to it. But, he also will not be responsible for child support either-which you sound like you're fine with. I would suggest talking to him about it, and then go see a lawyer to work out the details, which you'd have to do anyway for your father to adopt the baby. And, I'd suggest doing it through "legal means" as opposed to just leaving him off the birth certificate, because if he decides 2-5 years or whatever from now, he has a change of heart and he wants to start having contact or such with the child, he will most likely get some form of visitation. Just best to handle it the right way the first time around :) Good luck!

You said that he had set his mind on adoption..was that of your unborn son? And you also said that you recently decided that you wanted to keep him.
So that indicates to me that the father of your child is very interested in having this son, probably more so than you at first?

If that's the case, then I don't think you're going to get him to sign over his rights, and to be fair, he shouldn't have to. I'm not thinking of the rights of the father, because I have no idea what sort of person he is, or how good he would be with the child. But I'm thinking of the child.
For whatever reason, you got together with this man, and a child was conceived. This child, at a later day, will be very interested in his background. A sort of identity search, if you will. Knowing his father is very important to him.

I think one of the worst things any parent can do to their children is to bad mouth, or make out their other parent is terrible or bad. It makes them feel inferior, like perhaps they inherited some bad genes or something.

So my advice to you is to speak to the father of this little boy, ask if he wants to play an active role in his life. If no, then fair enough, cut all ties and have him sign the paper. But if yes, then put any bitterness you might feel towards him aside for the emotional well-being of the little one.

That way, even if you and the babys father find other partners, the best case would be a child loved by 4 instead of two. A totally win/win situation.

See an Attorney and have him draw up TPR (Termination of Parental Rights) for the biological father. Explain the situation to your Attorney. If the biological father agrees to the adoption you might have to have him sign his father's rights away to open up the adoption process. Good Luck.