My rights were robbed?
My rights were taken before I even had a chance, I didn't know of my sons birth so didn't know of the 31first day after the birth must be registered through paternity registry.. please can anyone help me I have a lawyer but we are wanting to get fathers rights involved it is crazy that my child can be taken from me without my knowing, A father should have equal rights as a mother after all if it's the other way around and the mother wants child sapport a father pays or sits behind bars yet we don't have the right to know if a mother sets our child up for adoption... Thats CRAZY please anyone??

Here's more info on my situation Me and my Live in girlfriend of 6yrs has hired a lawyer we need father rights help majorly I Had a child outside of our relationship I wasn't aware that my son had ben born until 2months after his birth as well as no knowledge he was being given up for adoption, They had my rights taken from me without me even knowing he was even born,we went to court this Friday to rquest a new trial and the judge dnied we plan to apeal really need some direction on how to get father rights involvd. Its unconstintutional that I could be robed of the chance to raise my son without any choice please help me.IT Shouldn't Be legal to ripp a father of his rights without him signing them away, when If its child saport the mother is wanting Good luck on getting out of that but yet Let a father want his child and be willing to raise him, O well that's not his choice.Its crazy that I Am Having to go through all this to try and raise MY Son.. They say they followed the statue and
The judge agrees and maybe they did but my point is I dound out march 8 that my son was born jan 12, mY Fiancé Immediately got incontact with her mutual friend of they girl who I had gotten preagnant and through them she reached out to baby's mother.In doing so she was tolled the baby was born as well as she had given him up. See I wasn't aware of the birth so I was past the 31 days of filling with paternity regerstry.But I attempted to do so any how as well as got a lawyer and filled suit in the county my son was born in to stop all in motion etc. Before we made it to that court date we received a paper where in feb they had filled In Dallas county wich is 2hrs from where any of us live, to have his rights taken and the judge actually signed off on it . So we filled a motion for a new trial and arrived ready for a trial and in hopes that the judge would grant our request when she heard our side etc, She never cared to even hear what we had to present. I
Need some direction. I have a lawyer but we are hoping to shed light on this kind of situation so that Fathers can be given a choice just as the mother is. The government doesn't give a choice rather or not they want to pay child sapport, But yet are never given the chance to be a father if a mother doesn't want them to. I read your article and hoped that you could help me I feel like if this is just a regular trial and no attention is brought to it then in the end I'm going to be out a lot of money and still not with my son. Something has got to be done to protect this from happening to other fathers. If you have any advice or direction can you please get in touch with
Me, By the way we live in the state of Texas my name is Christopher my Fiancé is Ashely Our email address is >Removed<
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You say you read "our" article - what article?

At any rate, you have an Attorney familiar with the laws of your State and your specific case. That's the person with the best knowledge about how to proceed. Anything else is just guessing.

A lot of this is venting, and I appreciate that. The changes you are asking about are changes in the law. "We" can't help you do that.

Has DNA been performed? Do you know 100% that you are the father?

IF this post is to bring people's attention to your plight and NOT to obtain legal advice you are posting in the wrong place. IF your question is how to change the laws, begin by contacting State and Fed representatives in your area.

If you were not properly served (and your Attorney knows if you were or were not) that is your grounds for appeal.

Frankly, I don't have a lot of sympathy for you. You apparently had recreational sex with this woman, the proverbial one night stand. You apparently never contacted this woman after your one night stand. Had you done so at any time during a period of 7-8 months, you might have found out she was pregnant and been able to do something about rights to your child. But you didn't.

Was it wrong for the mother to put the child up for adoption without notifying you, Yes I agree it was. But now you want to wrest the child from parents who have adopted him, may have bonded with him and were probably waiting a long time for a child. And this happened all because you couldn't be bothered to follow up on what happened after depositing your seed.

I don't know what the mother did about informing the court of who the father was, maybe she violated the law maybe she didn't. But I can't see a judge overturning the adoption at this point. The judge has to rule on the best interests of the child, not your best interests.