Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
if i sign adoption papers when i was druged in the hospital and thought it was my relase forms do i still have custody of my 8month ol child?
also if the babys father didnt sign the adoption papers can he get his child back if he does a DNA test?
i never recieve copies of the aoption papers and there wasnt a lawyer involed. we didnt go to court fort the adoption. what is the best way to get the child back?
1 Answer from Attorneys
I assume that the "adoption papers" you signed include an irervocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights.
If that's the case, you signed it before a notary and two witnesses; one of the paragraphs has spaces where you initialed EVERY LINE.
If the child's father wants to assert his parental rights, he should do so NOW - and he should FIRST look into signing up on something called the PATERNITY REGISTRY.
Did you sign the "adoption papers" last week? Six months ago?