I’ve been watching the secret life of an american teenager, and I was just curious….Does a minor father have to sign papers in order for the minor mother to put her child up for adoption? Does he have to sign away his fatherly rights? Or is it just the minor mothers decision?

I have conceived a child with a woman who has a history of severe depression and suicide attempts. She has no job, no savings, no education, and lives with her parents. And yet she refuses to consider giving the child up for adoption.
Is is possible, in the state of Missouri, to force a woman with documented suicidal tendencies and no livelihood to give her unborn child up for adoption?

What I mean is, if the mother does not want the baby and wants to give the child up for adoption immediately after its born, does the father get any say so? Can the mother just give the baby up for adoption without the consent of the father? Just something that I wondered after seeing some questions on here.
Thanks in advance.

I have spoken to an adoption attorney and she says the hardest part of trying to adopt is locating a young lady who wants to put her child up for adoption. I am 38 years old and my husband and I have tried and tried for years, been through fertility treatments and nothing has worked. I just don’t think I will ever get pregnant. We are so ready to be parents, but I really don’t know how/where to start looking. Any advice would be appreciated.