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Old 12-01-2007, 10:30 PM
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Default Re: Mother who gave birth after one-night stand wins right to keep baby secret from t

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Originally Posted by KnightOfSappho View Post
I am a very practical person most of the time. I simply to not see the point of making a law that will not work. If there WAS a way to make an enforcible law in this situation, I would be all for it. I believe that the father SHOULD have legal rights when the child is born.

What would be an example of an enforcible law in this situation?
I'm not sure why you think it's not enforcible. If a woman knows who the father is then he must sign off on any adoption. If she doesn't know who the father is then she must sign something saying she doesn't and isn't capable of finding out. I'd imagine those situations were fairly rare. And if she does sign an affidavit asserting she has no knowledge of the father's whereabouts or how to find him and it's later learned that she was lying she should face some sort of consequences.
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