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.
However, a legal relationship can be formed through the fatherâs signing of an Acknowledgement of Paternity form. Signing this form allows a father to add his name to the childâs birth certificate, thereby establishing a legal relationship. The childâs mother may also sign the Acknowledgement of Paternity form. When both parents sign the form, they swear together that they are the natural (birth) parents of the child.