Can I give a child to adoption if the father and me are related to one another?

julie j

Hi Blia X,

Being related to the father of the child neither prevents you from nor requires you to relinquish the child for adoption.

Are there any other reasons you feel adoption may be necessary? Are you in need of any resources that could help you and your child? Please let us know so we could direct you to specific sources of assistance.

As you may or may not be aware, relinquishing a child for adoption requires both parents' written consent or a court ruling in order to be legal. For the child's sake, adoption should only be resorted to when there are no other options.

julie j
reunited adoptee

Zeena

Must be Arkansas.

Crucio

As long as you were both ok with placing for adoption.

Lucy

Sure

TotalRecipeHound

Yes, but he needs to sign off as well.

anastasia beaverhausen-the real1

a child is a child. genetics don't matter............

just ask social workers who fail to give an honest medical history with an adoption placement.

if your kid is healthy, shiny and white- you are set.

cmc

Yes, you can place the child for adoption. you should be honest about who the parents are, and you should both consent to the adoption. There are many couples/families waiting to adopt, and many are open to adopting if incest is involved.

Jaclyn...Macy arrived 1/21/09

As in your baby is insest? Well yes you can give any baby up for adoption, but the poor baby is probably going to have genetic defects, so i highly recommend not sleeping with relatives.

Maria C.

Yes you can. Then you and your brother need to get some counseling.Make sure the worker who handles the adoption knows the who story.Both of you need to deal with your problems/ The baby deserves a chance at having a normal life. Good luck to all three of you.

eharrah1

Yes, you can put the child up for adoption. But, be prepared for reprecussions. What you did is illegal. I don't think I would say I knew the father was my brother unless you are step brother and sister.

Annabella Stephens

In a situation like this you do not have to divulge that information to social workers, especially if your brother forced himself on you... but then again each state has its own laws. There are places like hospitals where you can drop off the child with no questions asked... I feel really sorry for that child, his parents are also his aunt and uncle... its a bad situation from all sides and there could be an issue with genetic deformities, not just with the child but with any offspring it might have someday. And what if he wants to know his biological roots? If you don't want questions asked or any family records to be dug up try to leave the kid at a safe house.

div2wice

Yes you can. You will really need to make sure the adoption agency or social worker (whichever route you go) knows the situation so that they can perform some genetic testing on the child, if necessary, to make sure he/she is ok.
You and the biological father would need to sign over your parental rights to the child for him/her to be given up for adoption. I strongly recommend you go through a private adoption agency to do this. You do NOT want a child who will most likely have genetic issues/special needs being put in the system. You want a couple who is aware of his/her special needs and who is willing and able to take care of him/her for the rest of their life.

Bee ~Brit Mum~

1. I don't see how that would affect it - I don't think they would force you to keep a child just because you were related to the father.

2. That is absolutely revolting.

Kim

dont ask questions like that

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