Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

Can a child contact a parent who has voluntarily relinquished all rights?

My husband was contacted by a

former acquaintance. She claimed

that he was the father of her 2

year old child. A couple weeks

later, we receive a phone call from

the child's maternal grandparents

begging my husband to voluntarily

relinquish his rights because they

wished to adopt the child. The

child's mother had her

rights involuntarily relinquished and

deemed unfit due to drug abuse.

Since she verbally claimed

that my husband was the child's

father, they now needed him to

relinquish all rights in order for the

adoption to proceed. My husband

never believed that he was this

child's father; however paternity

testing never took place. Since the

child's mother expressed that she

knew who the father was, it

complicated the adoption process,

and my husband simply signed the

paperwork relinquishing all parental

rights so the adoption could be

finalized and the child would not

have to go through any further

hassle or stress. If a parent

voluntarily relinquishes

parental rights in order for a child

to be adopted, will that child be

able to contact/find her ''biological''

parent later in life?

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