Does my fiancée have any rights?
My fiancée is now 23 years old. When he was 15 years old his girlfriend at the time gave birth to his son. He told her he wanted to be in the baby's life but not hers. She threatened that if he didn't stay with her she would never see his son. My fiancee's legal guardian at the time was his grandma who begged the girl's family to not put Chris's name on the birth certificate thinking of his future and well being I suppose. Well they did not put him on there. Last he heard she had moved to Florida and such. Recently we found out that her Aunt adopted little Krystofer and has had him since he was 3 months old. Chris and I finally located the birth mother and asked her to contact the Aunt so he could meet his son. He was a minor at the time of his birth and the adoption and he knew nothing about it. Now that he is 23 , has a steady job and a steady relationship, he really wants to try to be in his son's life. But the Aunt and the mom say NO. Chris was a minor at the time of the child's birth and adoption. Now that he is over 18 does he not have the right to see his son? He was never issued court papers and never signed off on him. This is very serious for us and heart breaking.
Many fathers and mothers neglect their children or just run off. Here is a man who had a baby at 15 and the mother has him adopted to a family member of hers all before he is even old enough to make his own decision. What kind of rights does he have as the biological father? I was hoping she would be happy Chris wants to be a part of his life but I think she is scared really. But we now are going to have to go through legal proceedings I suppose. Please give me any kind of advice you can.
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I think this is the best answer so far. It was strictly unbiased.