What is the name of your state? Oklahoma
Let me see if I can just give the necessary facts here. My husbands cousin got pregnant and didnt know who the father was, however she had the baby and gave the baby a boyfriends last name. She wouldnt take care of the baby and didnt want it, (this wasnt her first child, she had 5 before that and they ended up with grandparents or the fathers, she see's them every once in a while)so my husband and I took the baby, the baby was 8 weeks old when we got him. The mother signed a paper that said she had given up all her rights as the mother and was signing the baby over to us, we had it notarized and all signed it, however of course, this is not a court document. We have not yet "Legally adopted" this child , we were told that family to family adoptions are very expensive(about $5000.00) and have not had the money to do this, we have other children too. Of course we love this child dearly, he is now 5 years old. One question I have is, can the biological father of this child ever come back and try to take him. Also, the kid who's last name is on this child's birth certificate from what we heard ended up in jail for murder not long after the baby was born and my husbands cousin broke up with him. She later confessed it wasnt his baby anyway, she thinks it was some one elses. I am a little concerned because I am not sure what my rights are. As I said we love this child with all of our hearts, there are times I forget, I mean really forget that I did not actually carry this child myself.
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Amy
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