Can a parent in kansas make there kid put their baby up for adoption?

Question

ok the kid just turned 15, we live in kansas. Can her parents make her put it up for adoption? and if not what else can they do?

Answer 1

No they can't force her to abandon her child and I would hope that any parent in this situation would love and support their daughter and assist her to raise their grandchild

Answer 2

no the child is hers

she is the only one who can say what will happen with her child

even though she is 15 it is her child

her parents could however fight her for the rights of the kid but they would have to prove she is a BAD parent not just because she is 15.

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

wtf? so the child reaches 15 and they are tired of it? this isn't a pet !!

Answer 5

Psst, James--I think she means the mother of the baby is 15 and the mother's parents want to get rid of the baby.  I can't answer the question, but it might benefit from a slight rephrasing?

Answer 6

Legally they can not force her to relinquish her child but they can beat her down emotionally and force her through coercion.

I hope you are advocating for the 15 year old and not the parents.  This girl needs strong support and education about resources available to her if she wants to parent her child.  Direct her to social services to be counseled on what she will be entitled to as a single mother.  Additionally, direct her to free counseling.  Catholic charities offers counseling base of a sliding scale.  She may qualify for free services through them.

Answer 7

They can't make you put up your baby, Check your local laws.

Answer 8

WHAT IS UP WITH KIDS HAVING KIDS.

Answer 9

I think the parents should sit her down an explain to her all the responsibility of being a teen mom, an the things she would be giving up, but at the same time were is the young man's  parents at doing this ordeal, I think they should take on some of the responsibility she didn't get pregnant by her self but her parents can not make her give up her baby up for adoption in Kansas, they may not be financially ready for a baby.  At the end of the day she would have to make the decision, an be able to live with her decision.

Answer 10

I was born in Missouri and my biological grandparnets made my birth mother give me up but that was a long time ago.  Things may have changed by now.  You should call different organizations like Catholic Charities.  They have info. on that.  Since the girl is a minor, she may have  no other choice.  The best thing to do is to make some calls and get some accurate information.  

The parents could help her raise the child, maybe there is a relative in the family that could have custody of the baby....  I don't know.  Its hard to say without knowing the full extent of the situation.  Its too bad all around.  I know everybody wants to do the best thing for the baby, naturally the mother wants to have some say but may not be listened to because of her age.  I hope and pray for her that everyone does the right thing by the baby.

Answer 11

No, you cannot force your daughter to give her baby up for adoption.

§ 59-2115 of the Kansas Adoption Code states that "A minor parent may consent, but must be provided with counsel prior to execution, and counsel must be present when consent is signed".

Answer 12

Legally, no, they cannot. But the parents can force her by applying pressure... making her think she's incompetent to raise her child, threatening (or actually) kicking her out of the home, sending her to a maternity home, and so on. I am NOT suggesting this as a course of action--I am just saying that, unfortunately, it happens.

As another answerer said, I hope to god you are advocating for the 15 year old in this situation. Parents who try to influence their children into relinquishing for adoption often find themselves with deep rifts in their relationships with their children as a result. Sometimes those rifts never heal. If her parents try to coerce her or pressure her into giving up her child, she's almost guaranteed to feel deeply betrayed and/or abandoned. Losing a child to adoption carries serious consequences, and if her parents play a part in encouraging or forcing relinquishment, she will find it hard to forgive them.

Answer 13

This is a hard one, but since the pregnant girl is only 15 and a minor, her parents would be the one with the power to legally sign the relinquishment paperwork to place the child for adoption.  

The parents should definitely contact an adoption attorney or an adoption agency to find out for sure just exactly what the regulations on that are.