Hello.......Feel free to ignore this, but I am curious. I've recently come across a story whereas the biological mother of a child signs her parental rights to her, for lack of a better word, sperm donor. Is that possible? How would CPS handle this? I'm very intrigued by such a thing and would love to hear any comments at all as I plan to write my senior thesis on the matter.
Okay, y’all know I’m not a lawyer or CPS worker, right? When I get questions about legalities like this I obvs ask my lawyer friends for ya, but they always say, “What state are they in? It depends on the state and their custody/emancipation/etc. precedents.”
So if you’re writing your senior thesis on this you’ll probably want to talk to a real lawyer in your state. Or look up similar cases in your state. Or if you’re doing a comparison study, look up cases in your state and in like, Florida (because they’re fucked up about custody and CPS down there). And not to be salty, but maybe take some research methods classes, because I’m here to help and all, but y’all can’t cite a random-ass Tumblr on a college paper. To your instructors, Tumblr is about as trustworthy as Wikipedia.
But yes, this is something that is totally possible, whether it’s an actual sperm donor from a sperm bank, or “for lack of a better word, sperm donor,” which I assume means a biological father who ran off at some point after conception.
If there’s a paternity test or birth certificate with the dude’s name on it, he can exercise his parental rights at any time, barring a few exceptions. And if the mother willingly signs away her parental rights to him, then that makes it even easier.Â
How would CPS handle it? If there were any allegations or history of abuse on the part of either of the parents, they’d investigate; if either of them had felony records, particularly regarding children or drugs, they’d investigate; otherwise they wouldn’t really care. Signing away parental rights is done in the courts so CPS doesn’t usually need to consult.