Comments on: Does A Father Have To Sign Adoption Papers For An Unborn Child If He Is A Minor?

By: faith

faith — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:10:30 +0000

Both have to sign, or he could go after the baby

By: Randy B

Randy B — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:57:47 +0000

Minors have rights too so from what I know of the legal system he would have to sign them.

By: scarlet-

scarlet- — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:02:47 +0000

He should have to. Agencies and lawyers seem to find ways around it all the time tho.

By: mom to be

mom to be — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:05:02 +0000

The father needs to sign the adoption papers regardless of his age.

By: blank

blank — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:52:20 +0000

Both has to sign.Unless the child is to be taken away for endangerment and is a ward of the sate in the US.But for an unborn child.Yes he does have to.

By: lj1

lj1 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:18:56 +0000

Minor or adult, if his name is listed on the birth certificate, he is legally the child’s father. So yes, he would have to sign away his parental rights before the baby could be put up for adoption.

By: Timothy B

Timothy B — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:18:12 +0000

A minor has no right to enter into any kind of legal agreement like this. The court can decide that he is something called an emancipated minor, which would then make him an adult. Most courts agree that if you can make a baby you are an adult, but it takes a court order

By: 20349u5

20349u5 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:47:55 +0000

ok if regardless of whether or not the father is a minor if he is listed on the birth certificate or can prove or has good reason to think that he is the father he can step up and they will have him take a paternity test and if his then he can sign his rights away if he wants to or he can take custody of the child
i am a teen mom and i have been lucky i am married to the babies father and there was NEVER ANY doubt as to whether or not that we would keep the baby… we have our own house bills payed early and have everything we need and everything we could ever want…. so you can make it even if you are a teen parent…. and i hate the fact that everyone automatically assumes that teen mothers and fathers will either give up the baby or pawn it off on someone else (you couldn’t force me or her father to…we wouldn’t even let someone watch her for an hour or so…until she was over a year old….) not all teen mothers are bad people or whores or anything… he was my first and i was his… my daughter is now 21 months and is one of the happiest healthiest most intelligent kids i have ever seen….i mean i don’t want anyone to think i am saying go out have sex get pregnant and have a kid… that everything will be fine… because more often than not it doesn’t work out…but what i am saying is that they should give teen parents like me and my husband more credit and not talk live we are all ****…oh yeah by the way i home school myself i am 17 and well my husband is 20 and anyway i would be graduating this year and i still will be able to…. i am lucky… but that little girl is my whole world…

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:36:25 +0000

Yes the father has to sign over his rights for the child to be adopted. Age does not matter. He created the child, he’s the biological father and therefore has rights to the child.
Both the biological mother and father need to sign over their rights in order for them to give up their child for adoption.

By: Jennifer L

Jennifer L — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:15:14 +0000

First of all, no papers are signed until after the child is born. A child cannot be adopted before birth.
Yes, the father of the child must consent to and sign the relinquishment papers. However, there are many legal loopholes in place that can be manipulated in order to deny fathers their rights.