How Does Adoption Work Without An Agency? In an independent adoption, you will personally select the adoptive family and transfer legal and physical custody directly to them, completing the adoption without an agency. This means that you will receive identifying information about the adoptive parents and your adoption will be at least semi-open. What is
Can Someone Contest An Adoption? Can someone contest an adoption? Most often, the contested adoption occurs after the child has been placed with the adoptive parents. The biological father, or another individual, comes forward contesting the adoption before it is completed and the case closed in court. Rarely is a hearing avoided in contested adoption
Do Fathers Have A Say In Adoption? Do fathers have a say in adoption? Not being married to the father doesn’t mean there are no birth father rights in adoption. Birth father adoption laws still apply. California requires that the father be notified of your pregnancy. An adoption attorney will serve the father with a