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.
For an agency adoption, the birth parents typically physically participate in a termination of parental rights hearing before a judge. The petition to begin the termination of parental rights process may be filed 72 hours after the birth. The case can be heard by the court as soon as practicable.