However a child can not be
placed for adoption unless either the parents (who have parental responsibility) have given their formal consent to this (which must be witnessed by an officer of the court) or the court has made a placement order.
For most of the 20th century,
adoptions were largely «closed,» meaning birth parents
placed their child with an
adoption agency and had no further contact
unless the child sought them out later in life.
At present a child can not be
placed for adoption with people who want to adopt him / her
unless their parents (who have parental responsibility) formally agree or the court makes a placement order.
A term used to describe a Consent to
Adoption that has been signed by the biological parent of a child that is being placed for adoption, which under state law can not be revoked after it is signed, unless the court specifically finds that the Consent to Adoption was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, or by the use force or undue duress on the birth
Adoption that has been signed by the biological parent of a child that is being
placed for adoption, which under state law can not be revoked after it is signed, unless the court specifically finds that the Consent to Adoption was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, or by the use force or undue duress on the birth
adoption, which under state law can not be revoked after it is signed,
unless the court specifically finds that the Consent to
Adoption was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, or by the use force or undue duress on the birth
Adoption was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, or by the use force or undue duress on the birth parent.