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How to legally disown your child

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bigj3347

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Due to legal concerns, my uncle would like to legally disown his son to distance himself from further legal complications. Can you do this? What do you need to do it and where do you do it?
 
Start with your state or county's local seat of government. Open the friggin phone book and look in the first few pages for local legal contact information.
 
Originally posted by: Nik
Start with your state or county's local seat of government. Open the friggin phone book and look in the first few pages for local legal contact information.
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phone book? What is this phone book you speak of?
 
Originally posted by: Doug3737
Originally posted by: Nik
Start with your state or county's local seat of government. Open the friggin phone book and look in the first few pages for local legal contact information.
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phone book? What is this phone book you speak of?
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You know, the collective grouping of contact information for your local area, including (possibly city) county and state law offices and other contact information where this question can be readily answered? 🙂
 
1) Open Door
2) Place son in doorway
3) Kick him in the ass
4) Slam door behind him

EDIT: Assuming the kid is over 18....
 
Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
1) Open Door
2) Place son in doorway
3) Kick him in the ass
4) Slam door behind him
5) ?
6) PROFIT!
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Oh, and in most states, you can't do that. That's called Abandonment and can land your ass in jail if they're not a certain age.
 
He just asked me to look in to it, didn't really explain much as to why he wanted to do it. My cousin hang out with the "wrong crowd", according to my uncle and he's worried about debt and other problems that might come from association with my cousin. He wants to make sure that there is no legal recourse the debt collectors can make on him.
 
Originally posted by: edro13
All he can say is that it involved a hammer, a box of Crunch Berries and a squirrel...
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I heard it had something to do with a circular saw, a box of honeynut cheerios and a dead tranvestite midget
 
It depends on age and where you are at. My parents looked into this for my sister when she told them to f-off and moved out. It really didn't involve much more than filing a bunch of forms at the county courthouse and in their case a discussion in a judge's quarters explaining the situation and signing some forms after he agreed.

So, first step would be to go to your county/city courthouse and talk to them about it, and then probably find a lawyer so that you are certain all the paperwork is right. But, if they are younger than 16 or so, don't count on being able to do it. Even then there are some hoops to jump through, thus the lawyer.
 
If he is over 18, and does not live at home there are no issues. At 18, you are no longer the legal guardian of a child. They are on their own a responsible for their own actions.
 
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