Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents occur when people talk on cellphones or send text messages while driving, according to a study released Tuesday by the National Safety Council.
He can threaten whatever he wants, but the only way he can sign over his parental rights is as a part of an adoption case. Unless you place the baby for adoption, you can (and should) initiate legal action to require him to pay child support.
With a surrender, you can ask the court to consider giving you some rights to visit the child. Since you will no longer be the child's legal father, you will no longer be responsible to pay child support. However, you cannot sign over your parental rights for the sole purpose of not having to pay child support. Voluntary surrender might be appropriate in some circumstances.