Adoption
of Kelsey S. case brief summary
SUBJECT: Unmarried birth father's right.
FACTS:
SUBJECT: Unmarried birth father's right.
FACTS:
-Father does not want to consent to the adoption of his child, which
was born out of wedlock.
-The father wanted custody of the child and wanted to rear it
himself.
-Mother instead wanted to put the child up for adoption.
-Mother instead wanted to put the child up for adoption.
-The
father was married to another woman and was in divorce proceedings
when the mother of the child became pregnant.
RULES:
A man becomes a presumed father under the section if he receives the child into his home and openly holds out the child as his natural child.
ANALYSIS:
RULES:
A man becomes a presumed father under the section if he receives the child into his home and openly holds out the child as his natural child.
ANALYSIS:
-Here, the father held out himself to be the father of the child but
did not physically receive the child into his home due to being
prevented by the mother in doing so.
Does the state
prefer adoption to unwed fathers having custody?
-Adoptive couples generally wealthier than the parents who give up their children.
-States get federal funding for adoptions.
-Adoptive couples generally wealthier than the parents who give up their children.
-States get federal funding for adoptions.
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