Advertisements
Advertisements
Hi,I'll try to make this short.. 16 years ago I gave my baby for adoption to a distant relative and his wife. I signed over temporary guardianship. A year or so later, the couple divorced & the child went with him (my distant relative) and nothing was done to adopt her. The baby was born in California but was taken to Washington state where she now resides. We agreed from the start to stay in touch, they were to send me regular pics and she was to know from the start that she was adopted. None of that happened. He cut off contact with me and this 16 year old girl has no idea of the situation. Last week the distant relative who still has the girl called me out of the blue and asked me to sign papers so her birth certificate could be destroyed and a new one created listing him and his new wife as the parents. I don't want to sign this paper, do I have to? He said if I don't he'll just go to court and say he can't find me and it will be done anyway. He also mentioned that he has some adoption paperwork he'd like me to sign. I have felt cheated out of the last 16 years of not knowing this lovely girl and I am afraid that, by signing this paperwork now, I am extinguishing any hope of ever knowing her. What can I do? What can he do to go ahead without my signatures? Please, Please I DESPERATELY need advice. Thank you
No Infact Sence He Did Not Follow The Law In The First Place You Could Even Have Him Arested For Kidnapping Becouse He Han No Leagal Rights To Your Doughter. As Far As Going Ahead With Out Your Premition That Will Not Work Becouse He Will Have To Explain To The Corte Why Your Doughter Was Never Listed As Aband Or Placed As A Word Of The Court Till Things Could Be Sroted Out
Advertisements
Hi!
If you get him to send you the legal papers, you will at least have his address. You still don't need to sign them, but you might be able to get address and phone number for your OWN lawyer to pursue for you.
Just a thought.
Mary S.
You should be the one suing him for taking your child from you for 16 years and depriving you to communicate with your child.
You might want to consult an adoption attorney. He might try and say that you abandoned your daughter, without having contact for years. My best advice, contact a lawyer ASAP.