Do I need to use an attorney to do the paperwork for releasing a consenting father of his parental rights?
In the end you are better off using an attorney. The issue is one of "informed consent." You might pay for his attorney to advise him of his rights and to place in any such agreement that he received "advice of counsel." That way, 4 years from now, he can't come back at you and say: "I didn't understand what the heck I was doing.