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Stipulation Stipulated Agreement

A written agreement intended to be entered as a court order upon motion of the parties. Courts like and usually approve reasonable stipulations. They save judicial time. Parties can stipulate to almost anything related to the case. In fact, a separation agreement is nothing more than a comprehensive stipulation. If the parties agree on some matters, but disagree on others, they can stipulate to those issues and have the court decide outstanding issues.

Question: Did FATHER sign over his rights to his child? in front of me, is a " stipulation/agreement of parties. Its is hereby agreed/stipulated that, subject to the approval of the court , the following shall be made a Temporary Order or Judgment of this Court: Father shall pay mother $50.00 weekly child support by wage assigment through D.O.R. - Mother shall have physical and legal custody of the minor child _____. Father shall have parenting time with the minor child on satursdays through sundays as arainged by mutual agreement of the above parent.with 48 hours notice.. 1. Does this mean, parent (father) has singed over his rights to his child.. He wants to know if this is what it means, the D.o.R lawyer did not explain it well to FATHER so he thinks he signed his rights to his child. 2. Above it says its a temporary order or judgement of this court. 3. Does this mean, this is only temporary not Permanent? Can he file a motion to appeal this , if he signed over his rights to his child? all he wants is to see her.

Answer: This bit, "Father shall have parenting time with the minor child on satursdays through sundays as arainged by mutual agreement of the above parent.with 48 hours notice.." says that the father DID NOT sign over his rights. He still has the duty to pay for his child AND he has the right to receive visitation (called "parenting time"). The form does say though that the mother has primary custody of the child (physical and legal) so she gets to make most of the decisions BUT if the father of the child does not like it, he can get his lawyer to fight to have it changed as this is only a temporary order. And if it says, "temporary", it is temporary and not permanent. And since the father has not terminated his parental rights, he has the right to appeal. But since you say all he wants is to see her, I don't see what the problem is as there is visitation ordered (called "parenting time"). It says specifically that he can see his child on Saturdays to Sundays but he has to arrange it with her mother AND give 48 hours notice. This means he can see his child if he obeys the court order. One last thing. Tell the father from me that if he doesn't understand a court order and/or document, he should not sign it until the lawyer explains it to him fully in words that he can understand. Otherwise, he well could sign his parental rights away. And if he is illiterate (cannot read), he needs to be honest with the court and let them know so they can explain things thoroughly to him and confirm his understanding of their orders. Good luck!

 


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