I honestly don't know if it matters exactly *who* is paying the support. It might make a difference though. Would you have proof to show the courts that support is indeed being paid by the bio-father's mother and not the bio-father himself?
Let me just say as someone who has been there, this can be a very difficult process. You mentioned that your daughter's bio-father has a violent drug history. That might be enough to get his parental rights taken away...but then again, it might not be. In my situation, my daughters' bio-father was/is a convicted child molester. My husband and I still had to fight tooth and nail for almost 2 years to get his rights terminated. And then there are those who do a termination rather easily. I guess it just depends on the state and court. I wish you luck with yours.
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Originally posted by G Sharp
Does abandonment still not apply to my situation even if his mother is paying the support? If abandonment does not apply, then what would the legal grounds be for terminating the donor's rights? I think that it is only fair for my daughter and fiance to be legally "father and daughter." And my main concern is that in the event of my death, the donor would have all kinds of rights to my daughter. It makes me sick to my stomach to think that a man who is raising my daughter as if she were his own could be taken away from her by a violent drug using sorry excuse for a human being.
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