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Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by Mariangeles(f): 2:10pm On May 20, 2020
A childless older couple convinced a teenager to keep a pregnancy she wanted to terminate and adopted the baby without any legal process. Just verbal agreement between the people involved.
Are there any consequence to this kind of arrangement?
What are the most likely consequence?

N.B; The husband was terminally ill, hence the urgency for adoption.
Infact, the man died barely one year after the adoption.
Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by Medunah: 2:18pm On May 20, 2020
The couple should make sure the adoption has legal backing.
The teenage girl might change her mind after a while and says she wants her child back, infact the police might get them arrested claiming they bought the baby from the girl......therefore, there should be the involvement of a lawyer.

The man being terminally ill changes nothing, the child still isn't legally theirs......They should have just gone to an orphanage and go through the normal process of adopting a child, the process might be long but it is still the safest way to adopt.

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Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by Froshloaded: 2:19pm On May 20, 2020
Medunah:
Make sure the couple's get legal backing
Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by liberalchick(f): 2:27pm On May 20, 2020
The older couple are fostering the child for the legal mother.

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Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by Mindlog: 2:37pm On May 20, 2020
Mariangeles:
A childless older couple convinced a teenager to keep a pregnancy she wanted to terminate and adopted the baby without any legal process. Just verbal agreement between the people involved.
Are there any consequence to this kind of arrangement?
What are the most likely consequence?

N.B; The husband was terminally ill, hence the urgency for adoption.
Infact, the man died barely one year after the adoption.

Please discontinue with the word "adoption" because there is no legal backing to that child living with them and it does not terminate the rights of the child's biological mother as she can always come back for the child.
Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by Amanee(f): 10:08pm On May 20, 2020
One chance
Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by LadySarah: 10:47pm On May 20, 2020
Why would a terminally ill man go on with adoption. Pls educate me on the importance abi significance.
Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by Mariangeles(f): 9:03am On May 23, 2020
LadySarah:
Why would a terminally ill man go on with adoption. Pls educate me on the importance abi significance.

He's dead now.
The wife has the baby to keep her company.
Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by Nobody: 9:19am On May 23, 2020
Mariangeles:
A childless older couple convinced a teenager to keep a pregnancy she wanted to terminate and adopted the baby without any legal process. Just verbal agreement between the people involved.
Are there any consequence to this kind of arrangement?
What are the most likely consequence?

N.B; The husband was terminally ill, hence the urgency for adoption.
Infact, the man died barely one year after the adoption.
they better make it legal.

Because the teenager can change mouth and take her child back after collecting money.
Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by cococandy(f): 9:57am On May 23, 2020
Fraught with risk.
Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by incogni2o: 10:23am On May 23, 2020
Personally, its not a big deal.

So people, if the child changes her mind in a legal case,

You wouldn't respect the child's right to her biological Mum?

I understand the legal standings though but should that deny the child of basic right.
Re: Your View(s) About Adopting An Unwanted Pregnancy Without Any Legal Process by Richy4(m): 10:51am On May 23, 2020
LadySarah:
Why would a terminally ill man go on with adoption. Pls educate me on the importance abi significance.

So that it will be said in future that the man saw and accepted the baby while he was on this planet.. just in case the man's family questions the authenticity/ legality of acceptance..

Everyone knows he's not going to be the one to take care of the baby..

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