[ScottGem]

If a man does not register with the Putative Father Registry before the child's birth or no later than 30 days after the child's birth, the child could be permanently adopted without the putative father's knowledge or consent.

This does not seem right to me, for the simple reason that young women LIE all the time about who the father is, or that they do not know the father, simply to have an adoption go through.

If this IS, indeed, truly law, it is a MAJOR setback for birthparents rights in adoption.

I see where you are coming from, but I think the answer here is education. There has to be some way of letting fathers know about these registries so they can protect their rights. Towards that end, I asked GV70 to post notes about the registries and I've made them stickies in this and the Family Law forums.