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The Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) enacted in many states removed the established difference in status between legitimate and illegitimate children, thus providing equal rights for all children despite the marital status of their parents. Birthfathers are categorized as "presumed" or "alleged." The...
Recent cases that awarded custody to the birth father of a child have prompted state legislatures to reform adoption laws that were originally intended to secure permanency for children who had lost both parents. Contemporary cases often involve unwed fathers who are not given the opportunity to...
This article examines provisions of the Uniform Adoption Act in the context of efforts by unwed fathers to assume custody of children who have been adopted. It describes the psychological impact of adoption on the birth parents, the adoptive parents, and the child, and highlights court decisions...
Florida Senate Bill 550, which failed in the state House of Representatives during the 1998 session, was intended to protect the rights of unwed fathers who wish to contest the adoption of their child. The proposal would require that courts dismiss termination of parental rights pending adoption...
This final report presents information on the outcomes and accomplishments of the African American Male Adoption Project, which used an innovative approach to find adoptive homes for African American boys in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. The report describes the accomplishments of the project,...
Fifteen foster fathers were interviewed for this study about their experience as foster parents. The men provided information about their motivations for becoming foster fathers, their function as a foster parent, attachment and loss during their relationship, and personal connections between...
The California Supreme Court has held that in order for an absent father to exert his rights in foster care proceedings he must demonstrate a prior relationship and commitment to his children. It has also ruled that failure to notify an absent or putative father of pending adoption proceedings...
More than 10 million children have had a parent in prison. These children often live with their remaining parent or another family member, or in foster care. Children of incarcerated women placed in foster care are subject to the termination of parental rights requirements of the Adoption and...
This article addresses the issue of the basis and nature of an unwed biological father's right to block or reverse an adoption decision of an unwed mother. The author begins by reviewing the historical development of the legal status of unwed fathers under common law and United States...
Data on their children's adoptions and their own subsequent adjustment were provided by 125 birthfathers. Paternal age at the child's birth, involvement in the adoption process, and the major reason for adoption determined the birthfather's current views of adoption. Search for the child was...