Queen v. Goeddertz

In Queen v. Goeddertz, 48 S.W.3d 928 (Tex. App.-Beaumont 2001, no pet.), a father executed an affidavit relinquishing his parental rights so that his wife's new husband could adopt the child. In two places on the affidavit, handwritten additions had been inserted that said the relinquishment was subject to the biological father's understanding that he would have the right to visit the child each month. Id. at 929-30 The court of appeals held that this provision was unenforceable and that the voluntariness of the affidavit was thereby negated. Id. at 932.