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Depends on the situation. In our case, the state terminated parental rights on our first two children with the b-mom only, since b-dad was deceased. On the third, they terminated b-mom (same mom) and "fathers unknown", since the man she named as the father turned out not the father. Terminating for fathers unknown involved some court stuff, putting some ads in the paper, etc... the whole thing took maybe four months.... we didn't do it... DCFS did it all.Audrey
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Our agency hired a private detective to find the birthfather named by our daughters birthmom. Since they tried and he could not be found, the birthfather of my daughter's rights were terminated the same day as her birthmother's. Because of the way it was done, no man could come forward and claim that he had parental rights to our daughter. It all depends on the state. Some states require that a man prove that he supported the woman through the pregnancy.