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Question for sister re: getting custody of granddaughter
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 659993" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Unless the daughter (and possible their fathers) sign over custody, the court has to terminate the rights of both parents. When we adopted Jumper it was a private adoption and both the mother and the father (a felon in prison) had to sign his rights away. If the felon hadn't we would not have been able to adopt her. Most likely his family would have gotten custody against the birthmother's wishes. I also assume that the fathers will be notified, although not sure about that either if they have not been in the picture. But if they are on the birth certificate and have not had their rights terminated in court, they very well could be offered custody. Scary, I know, and hopefully not true. We did adopt a child from NJ and we lived in IL. We had to have an interstate compact sent from NJ to IL giving us temporary custody (this was the crazy kid who ended up doing damage in our house to our pets and younger children. He was from out of state).</p><p></p><p>This IS family and maybe it's different. To be safe, I'd get a lawyer for myself too if I w ere this couple. We (parents) had a lawyer for all of our adoptions, even the international ones. We did not understand the paperwork and it really had to be done through a lawyer.</p><p></p><p>Wishing these parents=to-be good luck!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 659993, member: 1550"] Unless the daughter (and possible their fathers) sign over custody, the court has to terminate the rights of both parents. When we adopted Jumper it was a private adoption and both the mother and the father (a felon in prison) had to sign his rights away. If the felon hadn't we would not have been able to adopt her. Most likely his family would have gotten custody against the birthmother's wishes. I also assume that the fathers will be notified, although not sure about that either if they have not been in the picture. But if they are on the birth certificate and have not had their rights terminated in court, they very well could be offered custody. Scary, I know, and hopefully not true. We did adopt a child from NJ and we lived in IL. We had to have an interstate compact sent from NJ to IL giving us temporary custody (this was the crazy kid who ended up doing damage in our house to our pets and younger children. He was from out of state). This IS family and maybe it's different. To be safe, I'd get a lawyer for myself too if I w ere this couple. We (parents) had a lawyer for all of our adoptions, even the international ones. We did not understand the paperwork and it really had to be done through a lawyer. Wishing these parents=to-be good luck!!! [/QUOTE]
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