Can Adoption be against a fathers will?

[Pantheraz22]

my sons daughter out of wedlock lives in California with her mother & boyfriend, Father is on active duty overseas. He is tormented that the mother demands he give up his rights to his daughter, Angelica so her boyfriend can adopt her. My son is financially responsible in his child support & loves his daughter. He has been denied his rights to see his daughter stated in the court order, she moved out of Texas without even notifying him. Can she get a lawyer in California to manipulate the law to force a adoption against my son will? Please he is grieved & tormented by this she-witch. If you can give any advice to ease his mind I'd be so grateful.

 

[Duranie]

Generally no unless mom pulls some shenanigans. Dad needs to see an attorney now and get a court ordered visitation schedule set up and take mom to court for contempt if she is not allowing visits. Mom normally cannot get a boyfriend to adopt anyways.

 

[irish223]

my sons daughter out of wedlock lives in California with her mother & boyfriend, Father is on active duty overseas. He is tormented that the mother demands he give up his rights to his daughter, Angelica so her boyfriend can adopt her. My son is financially responsible in his child support & loves his daughter. He has been denied his rights to see his daughter stated in the court order, she moved out of Texas without even notifying him. Can she get a lawyer in California to manipulate the law to force a adoption against my son will? Please he is grieved & tormented by this she-witch. If you can give any advice to ease his mind I'd be so grateful.

In most states, step-parent adoption is not allowed until the potential step-parent has been married to the parent for a year or more. Boyfriends are generally not allowed to adopt. It is also generally true that termination of parental rights is not possible without a subsequent step-parent adoption. Therefore, until the mother is married for at least a year, your son probably doesn't have anything to worry about.

While it may be remotely possible for her to terminate his rights by claiming that she doesn't know where he lives and hasn't had any contact with him for a long time, he can contest/overturn the termination by providing evidence that he has been paying the child support. Again, I don't think he has to worry about this though.

If he has been denied visits, then he should absolutely pursue court enforcement of the order. Depending on how long ago the mother moved, he can also file to have the child returned to Texas.