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MICHIGAN
We adopted my daughter in June 2004. She is my Wife's cousin's girl. We were originally trying to help the mother and her husband get through all the legal hassle of getting her back but they didn't follow through and their rights were terminated.
Quick history:
Mother - voluntary termination
Legal Father/Husband - not bio-dad / on birth certificate / voluntary termination
Birth Father - stated in court documents / never tested for paternity / was in jail for felony convictions / is currently out / involuntary termination
A man went to the courts and claims to be her father but was never mentioned to the courts before the termination or before the adoption. The mother says he is not the father. He is requesting the court to grant him a paternity test and based on those results he wants to seek full legal custody. There isn't really a chance that he's the father and he looks like he's not really up to date on all of the information (termination/adoption).
We went along with all the steps the Family Independence Agency (FIA) worker said should happen. We also asked if we need to terminate on John Doe's. She consulted the FIA and others and they said that since the mother identified the bio-dad and the legal father and both were terminated we didn't need to worry about other men.
We're wondering what might be motivating this now that my daughter is nearing her 4th birthday in March? We're wondering if we can stop him before the court considers his complaint?
We've consulted with a lawyer already but would like some second opinions, any help is greatly appreciated.
MICHIGAN
We adopted my daughter in June 2004. She is my Wife's cousin's girl. We were originally trying to help the mother and her husband get through all the legal hassle of getting her back but they didn't follow through and their rights were terminated.
Quick history:
Mother - voluntary termination
Legal Father/Husband - not bio-dad / on birth certificate / voluntary termination
Birth Father - stated in court documents / never tested for paternity / was in jail for felony convictions / is currently out / involuntary termination
A man went to the courts and claims to be her father but was never mentioned to the courts before the termination or before the adoption. The mother says he is not the father. He is requesting the court to grant him a paternity test and based on those results he wants to seek full legal custody. There isn't really a chance that he's the father and he looks like he's not really up to date on all of the information (termination/adoption).
We went along with all the steps the Family Independence Agency (FIA) worker said should happen. We also asked if we need to terminate on John Doe's. She consulted the FIA and others and they said that since the mother identified the bio-dad and the legal father and both were terminated we didn't need to worry about other men.
We're wondering what might be motivating this now that my daughter is nearing her 4th birthday in March? We're wondering if we can stop him before the court considers his complaint?
We've consulted with a lawyer already but would like some second opinions, any help is greatly appreciated.