teenparent
Junior Member
Hi... I'm a 17 year old in Washington State. My girlfriend is 18, and she is about 4 months pregnant. She moved back in with her mother recently (she wanted to work on their relationship a bit), and her mother has been trying to remove me from the babies life. She told my girlfriend that she had a little money, and that she would be willing to move her and my (unborn) baby to California, that they would raise the child together, and that they would not need me. Yesterday after an argument, my girlfriend claimed that, if she wanted to, she could put the child up for adoption without my consent. The baby is due November 11, and I will not turn 18 until February.
I have a few questions:
If my girlfriend decides that adoption is the way to go right after the baby is born, will I have any say in the matter?
Probably not exactly in the adoption category but:
I'm assuming that I have no rights as a father to be involved in her pregnancy. Is this true?If she decides to keep it, can she just relocate the child to California?
I am 17, but I feel like I would be able to support the kid. I have an AS-T in Chemistry, my GED, I have a job, and my father has told me that if I ever ran short of funds, he would be willing to loan me as much money as I would need. Infact, I've never even once considered myself as possibly needing to utilize welfare. What are my rights? What do I do?
I have a few questions:
If my girlfriend decides that adoption is the way to go right after the baby is born, will I have any say in the matter?
Probably not exactly in the adoption category but:
I'm assuming that I have no rights as a father to be involved in her pregnancy. Is this true?If she decides to keep it, can she just relocate the child to California?
I am 17, but I feel like I would be able to support the kid. I have an AS-T in Chemistry, my GED, I have a job, and my father has told me that if I ever ran short of funds, he would be willing to loan me as much money as I would need. Infact, I've never even once considered myself as possibly needing to utilize welfare. What are my rights? What do I do?