Q: Started adoption process for private adoption. Been searching for 4 years for the birth mother to go to court. How long
Wife and I entered into an adoption agreement with birth mother. We got him at 6 days old. After a week the mother wanted baby back. We took it to lawyers office and he sent us to CPS. The social worker told us under no circumstances are we to give the child back. There are possibilities the child would be in danger with birth family. Mothers boyfriend who is not the father tried to kill him at birth. We finished home study and tried to proceed with the adoption but now can't find birth mother to proceed. She is homeless. There is no father on record. Child is 4 now and we need to get him ready for school. Is there any hope for us or do we stay in limbo? Our Lawyer told us we can't proceed until WE find the birth mother. He said it was on us to finder to petition for adoption. We have hit a brick wall. If we lost him now it would crush us but the most important is the child. We are the only parents he has known, and despite the emotional downs, won't survive in her custody. Thanks
A: Locating a new lawyer may be in order, as there are certainly methods for locating a birth mother that a lawyer can utilize known as "skip tracing." Find a lawyer who knows the term and how it works.
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