Posted on 05/13/2010 12:26:33 PM PDT by fathers1
Parental rights has always meant the Mother’s rights. It’s about time Father’s rights were figured into the equation.
Why must the relationship now end? Are adoptive parents not as good as bio parents?
Prosecute the mother for her fraud, but do not harm the child by removing it from who it considers to be its parents.
Traditionally, until the mid 20th century, the father’s rights were always supreme. Why do you think it changed? What would be the proper balance?
The modern 'feminist' movement.
The Women’s movement. Liberalism. Proper balance? 50/50. No adoption without both parents approval.
This is so sad. I feel sorry for the little girl and her adoptive parents. they are the victims of that awful “Mother”. I hope Father can get this kid the help she needs because she is going to need it.
Not if they are involved in stealing a child from it's father (no matter how mislead they may be)
Prosecute the mother for her fraud, but do not harm the child by removing it from who it considers to be its parents.
and kick the dad in the nuts for good measure as you steal his child.
The only thing we have in this world that lasts is our children. Those of us who want them should never have our kids ripped away from us (assuming of course that we are being good parents which most men in this situation are or would be)
I'm all for adoption in cases where the biological parent doesn't want the child. But in this case the bio parent DOES want the child.
The solution to this problem is Christ. The more kids have a personal relationship with Him the less outside of marriage sex there would be. The less outside of marriage sex means less babies born into these types of situations. Unfortunate all around.
Depending on the age of the child, it’s not going to harm the child near as much as it would harm the father...
So true. I believe both sperm and egg donors are selfish.
I agree. The judge should have ruled that the child should stay with his adoptive parents. Maybe the biological father should have been given visitation rights, but the child should have not been removed from his home and parents. And, yes, the mother should face criminal charges.
What a heartbreaking story. Imagine having your two-year-old child removed from your home after you and your spouse have been raising him since he was a day old. My youngest daughter is a bit over 1 and 1/2 years old and I’d flee the country rather than give her up if they found out that there was a mix-up at the hospital or something.
“Why must the relationship now end? Are adoptive parents not as good as bio parents?”
Not a biological father who fought tooth and nail to secure his child, no. If the adoptive parents truly loved the child, they would have set out to foster a relationship with the biological father during the years this matter was before the courts.
Perhaps the father can find a way to include the “almost” adoptive parents in the child’s life.
This matter was before the courts essentially since the child was born.
The adoptive parents were selfish and unreasonable to not return the child to her father years ago.
The child does have a father and that never changed.
You are right adoptive pares do NOT equal biological parents. It is no different than kidnapping and then saying the stealing people are better parents and therefore the theft should be ratified.
Adoption is a legal fiction created by statute. In a day when children are/were deemed property.
The state should never get involved in terminating parental rights via a court case founded on a lie.
One of the primary reasons I stopped doing family law: everybody hurts everybody and the kids suffer. Best I could tell, there was never a true winner in any of my cases.
Colonel, USAFR
The double standard says any child support required of the mother will never have to be paid.
He’s hardly a mere donor; he would be the only father the child ever knew if the biological mother wasn’t evil.
Doesn’t the adopted parents have custody right now? I believe they are the real parents now.
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