[2SentbyGod]

Today we went to court for dfd and the judge terminated birth mother rights and birth father told the judge he wanted to sign off his rights. The judge told him because he is capable of signing off his own rights his legal gurdian has to then after that they said the will ahve a compettency hearing. has anyone heard of this and what does it mean.

[HappyMomAnna]

I am thinking that the judge actually meant the birthfather is NOT copetent to sign his rights off....instead of 'is'

I think that if a biological parent has a mental health issue or is disabled they may need to have the help of a guardian in order to insure that the bio-father understands all the implications of this action. Sometimes a judge would consider IQ or other things to determine if a person is able to understand this decision.

Also if the bio-father is a minor himself he may need to have a guardian help him because in some states people under a certain age cannot sign contracts that are binding.

It sounds like the judge is making sure the bio-father understands and is well advised of his choice before he signs off....and that is actually important because you would not want to expereince a young man in ive years coming back to say he was impaired, delayed, disabled or not old enough to understand what happened.