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You may terminate your parental rights voluntarily by appearing before a judge, or other official designated by law, and signing a voluntary surrender.

It is a common misconception that giving up parental rights will stop child support in Tennessee. However, this is not the case. The parent who has given up parental rights is still legally obligated to pay child support.

In Tennessee, a court may terminate parental rights based on abandonment if there is clear and convincing evidence that a parent willfully failed to support the child, willfully failed to make reasonable or consistent support payments, or willfully failed to visit the child for a period of four consecutive months.

It is a common misconception that giving up parental rights will stop child support in Tennessee. However, this is not the case. The parent who has given up parental rights is still legally obligated to pay child support.

These are the two following ways to relinquish parental rights: Voluntary Relinquishment of Parental Rights Through Family Court Adoption Proceedings. ... Voluntary Relinquishment of Parental Rights Through Family Court Stepparent of Domestic Partner Adoption Proceedings.

In Tennessee, a court may terminate parental rights based on abandonment if there is clear and convincing evidence that a parent willfully failed to support the child, willfully failed to make reasonable or consistent support payments, or willfully failed to visit the child for a period of four consecutive months.

How To Terminate Child Support Payments. You must make a motion with the courts to terminate child support when the age of eighteen or high school graduation (whichever happens second) is reached. Be careful and resist the urge to stop payments without going through the court.

Legal parents have the right to have a relationship with their child and to visit their child. Once a father acknowledges paternity, he gains these rights. If parents cannot agree on custody or visitation, parents may obtain a Court Order.

Is Tennessee a mother or father state? Neither. Some fathers' rights activists may say it is a mother state because Tennessee does not have an equal parenting time presumption.

If you give up your rights do you have to pay Tennessee child support? Parents who surrender parental rights as part of an adoption, say to a step-parent, are no longer required to pay future child support. The same applies if parental rights are terminated by law, as in some cases of child abandonment and non-support.