[header] How to relinquish parental rights in texas [title] Identify legitimate reasons for giving up parental rights. [step] You cannot give up your rights just because you feel like it. Instead, a texas judge must determine that it is in the " best interests of the child " to terminate the rights. 
Because terminating your rights would leave the child with one parent, texas judges are unlikely to terminate your parental rights unless there is a legitimate reason. [substeps] The most frequent reason a judge will terminate parental rights is that there is another person willing to adopt the child, usually the custodial parent's partner.