QUESTION: I need to make sure I protect myself from any future possible trouble and obligations. The standard state form of California is one-sided and doesn't say anything about stopping child support obligations. How can I be sure that my child support obligation will end when my child is adopted?
MY RESPONSE: The Consent for Adoption is a State form which the Social Worker provides to the parent who is giving up his parental rights to allow the adoption to go forward. Once the adoption is completed, your child support obligation should terminate, since you will no longer be considered the parent of the child. If there is an existing order requiring you to pay child support, you might negotiate with the custodial parent a separate Stipulation and Order either reducing your child support obligation to zero forthwith, or terminating your child support obligation, to be filed upon the completion of the adoption.
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