I suppose I should have included the father in the child support section... however seeing as how few cases result in the father getting custody I felt it was a minor omission. The whole point about child support is to ensure the child has sufficient funds to grow up normally, if the mother/father remarries then the new family unit can easily provide for the children (same way the original family could) such that child support payments should not be required, if you could ensure it was spent on the kids I might feel differently.
In UK law we have the Widowed mothers and Widowers allowances... nothing similar for fathers and several other items iirc, will attempt to locate them.
I cannot find the relevant section of US law right now, basically iirc it says that you can impose non gender equal laws (which is supposed to be ensured) if it would otherwise impose on society. It was an interesting aside which I can no longer find.
Sub chapter D of
this seems to allow the leaving of a child with no penalties
From :
This
Quote:
(h) The child has been freed for adoption by one or both parents
for 12 months by either relinquishment or termination of parental
rights or an adoption petition has not been granted.
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So there are obviously some methods to allow you to relinquish your rights as a parent. (emphasis mine)