Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
signing over rights
If married and your spouse had an affair, and out of that affair a child was born, can the married spouse sign over his rights?
Asked on 2/02/07, 8:45 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
James Grissom
Law Office of James P. Grissom
Re: signing over rights
No. Along with fathering a child comes certain legal rights and obligations as well as parental rights and obligations. A judge is not going to allow someone to surrender their legal obligations just because they do not want to exercise their parental rights.
Answered on 2/02/07, 10:47 am