text: giving up your parental rightsto a child? i havea child i have not seen in 13years ,i have tried to pay child support in the past but no way to cotact the mother and checks where returned. i did while in a hospital suffering from depresion was asked to give up my rights to the child in 1996 . now the mother has reapeard  and now wants child support along w/interest, the court house has since moved and there is a lot of papers missing from the files and some files have now been alterd what can i do ? r i do not see how the court papers can be altered, there has to be a record of you giving up parental rights, and i am sure you know that if you did that and she accepted and you have proof you do not have to pay anything