If a teen mother was forced by her parents to give her child up for adoption, does she have any right to look?

Question

up the child when she (the mother) turns 18?

Answer 1

Of course she has the right to LOOK however I don't think she could SEE her child unless it was an open adoption.

My son is almost four months old and he was adopted by me and my husband because his mom is a teenage mom. We have an open adoption and she can contact him whenever she wants but cannot SEE him until he is fifteen.

So it depends. You can look, but I'm not sure if you can SEE without talking to the adoptive parents first!

Good luck!

Answer 2

Dear Walk,

She has the right to search whenever she wants!! Contact, however, would depend on the willingness of the Adoptive Parents if the child is under 18 and up to the adoptee when they are 18 and over.

Good luck to whomever you are asking about! ;)  I wish her all the best in finding her child and I hope that any reunion is happy and positive for years to come!!

Answer 3

i don't see how you can be forced to give up your baby? be responsible, get a part time or summer job, make the adoption arrangements together so its an open adoption, and read all the fine print.

Answer 4

Im pretty sure she does i mean why woudn't you?

Answer 5

yes why not?

Answer 6

As an adult, you have the constitutional right in this country of free association.  That means that you can contact any other adult you wish.  It doesn't mean that they have to welcome the contact, and it doesn't give you the right to harrass (repeatedly contact after having been told NO several times) anyone.

What this means is that YES you can contact your child,once the child is an adult, if you can find her/him. .  My mother spent ten years searching for me, but I had adopted my own child before I began to search, when I was thirty.  We located each other, because we were BOTH searching.   It would have been a long hard road for me to find her if she had not been looking for me, she was living in a different state then she had relinquished in.

So start your search.  Register with all the online search engines you can find, and with ISSR.  And I hope he/she is looking for you too.

Answer 7

She has the right to do so now. She also has a good case to force the Ap's into visitation. Tell her to call all the news stations where the baby is living. They all love a heartbreaking story.

Answer 8

It may depend on the state there are some that someone can not search until the child that was adopted is 18 years old.  I guess no one can stop  someone for looking but they should be prepared there may be things that they will not have access too since the child in question is a minor

Answer 9

im adopted and you can have an open adoption where the parents that adopt the child send you pictures and updates of your child

and thats what my family does so its pretty cool

Answer 10

I have 2 adopted children, and neither of their birth moms were force to place their babies. If you are that teen mother, I am very sorry to hear that you felt forced to place your child.  It would depend what arrangements you made with the attorney or agency.  If the adopted parents were ok with an open adoption, then yes, you could get in contact with them.  The birth mom of our son, just got in contact with our attorney and has for the past year or so, my son has had contact with her- however my son in 19.  Just a thought- it depends on the age of your child, but remember it could confuse her/him.  Go to the agency that placed your child and ask them.  Good luck, I can only imagine how painful it is for you.

Answer 11

I THINK YOU SHOULD CALL THE ADOPTIN CENTER AND ASK JUST TO BE SURE

Answer 12

She has a right to look for anybody at anytime. She may not get any cooperation or information from the agencies or state, as they are not required to provide it in most cases, but she can't be prevented from searching.

Answer 13

well, she should not have been forced, but then that would mean getting some knuckle head at social services to believe you and help you...

you certainly can when the child turns 18..... with current laws it would be hard to prove you were forced, but could complain to the bar about the lawyer involved and file a complaint about the agency involved...if they all did that to you...

Answer 14

She has the right to search at any time.  No one should be forced to relinquish a child for adoption.  Hopefully an agreement can be reached between the first mother and the adoptive family.

Answer 15

SDhe may go .. she have rights to do that to look for her kid.

not matter if she was underage,.

all depend on what circumstances the baby was adopted, and who did it.

suddenly she must wait till the kid learn that the others are adopted parents and baby wants to look for her real mother.

its really bad.. for both now if the kid still ander age.

My aunt give away her rights she was underage she its looking for her girl and the time past aready that girl should be 51 yearold.

my friend finded that she was adopted and she request to meet her real mother when she turned 18 her real mother was looking for her forever. now she vicited the 2 of the mothers but she live with the one who was caring when she was a baby the adopted mother.

Answer 16

You have every right to look.

Answer 17

Well here is the deal. The Nevada Rev. Stat. § 127.020 basically says that a woman 14 years old and above makes her own decision. So unless you were 13 or younger you were not legally "forced". You can try to look but its probably not going to do you any good... its a closed deal you can't take back the adoption if you signed the papers. There is a website were people search for birth parents and adopted children BUT the way you speak I assume your child is still way too young to post to the internet. So yes, you can "look" but you can't do anything even if you find him/her. In Nevada there are 4 types of adoption and some of them are bnasically sealed meaning nobody is going to give you any information. If it was a "traditional adoption" they legally CAN'T give you any information.

Answer 18

yup, blood relatives are allowed to view any of their relative's records. you most likely will be asked for you birth certificate and some identification. but yehh, you definately are allowed to.