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I am in a similar situation to yours, my husband and I petitioned my son's bf last fall to terminate his rights, he hasn't seen my sonby his choice for over 4 years and he is only 5. (keep in mind the bf lives 2 miles away and we have seen him several times in public and he does not even acknowledge my son) He pays his child support but only because he has has such a bad criminal history and is trying to stay out of trouble. When we went to court in Nov. we reached an agreement for him to seek counseling to help him with a drug and alcohol problem before he could have visitation and if he agreed to this counseling we would dismiss our termination case. Well guess what, it took him three months to even sign this court stipulation which was mailed to him in November, and he now says he will not follow the reccomendations of our counselor because he feels his drinking and drug problems have nothing to do with being a parent. So we are now going to refile our paperwork and start back at square one, only now he has this counselor who is completely against him having any rights either. I feel so optimistic now, but it seems like once you start with court your hopes get dashed so easily.
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