I wish we knew a bit more of the specifics of the process if Eliz went through an agency or service. We have some known facts. I'd really like to know more about exactly what Eliz would have to do, and when. Knowing more of the process might give us some more directions to look in.
We know she showed up in SA on Dec 21. We know she may have had a pre-planned appointment of some type on Dec 23 lasting about an hour to an hour and a half with some drive time. We know Gabe's birth certificate had Logan's name on it. We know Logan has never signed any papers. We know Gabe was gone late Dec 26/early Dec 27 at the latest.
If Eliz had an appt with an agency or service on Dec 23, walked in with Gabe's birth certificate as her only paperwork, and a picture of cute Gabe, and said she wanted to place him for adoption, what would the agency/service have done? What would Eliz have to sign? What paperwork would she have needed to go get and bring back? What are the timeframes?
Let's assume the agency/service immediately knows there's a couple who wants a baby boy, they're all ready to go, and the agency/service contacted them on Dec 23. What does the couple need to do? Any paperwork they need to fill out? What are the timeframes?
TIA
I would like to try and answer this with the knowledge I have of adoption but I have one question. Did Gabriels orginal birth certificate have Logan's name on it?
Here's what happens when an expectant mom or mom with a baby/child decides to make an adoption plan.
She calls agency, attorney,marketing service, facilitator, or adoption consultant and tells them she wants to do an adoption.
All of these adoption professionals have a list of Potential Adoptive Parents, or they can easily network with others who know of parents that are interested in a baby/child, any where in the US or even in other countries. A baby at Gabriel's age is a commodity to unethical adoption professionals. He can bring in big money.
A mom would not necessarily have to bring any document with her. ESP. info on birthdad in the state of TX. She does not HAVE to bring a birth certificate, because it can be easily gotten at a later date if it is gotten at all. False birth certificates are easy to get for some people. Sad but very true. And adoption brings big money and there are greedy people in the adoption industry.
The birthfather registry in TX is set up so that if mom does/or does not name bd, and his name does not appear on the bd registry, his rights are automatically terminated. EVEN if there is a open custody case elsewhere.
In fact in my state of South Dakota there is a bill in legislation right now that is similar to the TX law. It virtually states that if dad who is named or unnamed is not on the registry he then has no rights when it comes to his baby and adoption.
When a mom/expectant mom calls an agency a file is started on her, and if she says she has a baby already born, they would immediatly start going through their files for parents who would best suit the situation.
If you have an unethical adoption professional, that baby could be placed within hours. The unethical adoption professional would not verify a thing. I see it all the time. Adoptive parents loose thousands and thousands of dollars to these people all the time.
If a mom were to work with an ethical agency, she would need to verify that the child/baby is hers. The bc would be the main document, along with her picture ID. Other forms would help.
All she would need to fill out and sign would be things such as medical and social history, an intent to place form, relinguishment form,denial of counseling form, or she would spend time with a social worker of the agency's and deem that counseling. If it is an agency, she may not have to meet with an attorney, as the agency would have an atty in place.
No one can make a mom go to court. It can be requested, but they will not arrest her if she does not show up for any kind of court case where adoption is involved. They would just further deem her rights terminated. They can tell you to go to court and you have to go before a judge, but it is not set in stone.
As far as the couple, they would already be signed up with the agency/or other adoption professional and their homestudy would be in place and on file. They would have to travel to where the mom and baby are. Sometimes everyone meets, sometime not, all depends on what mom wants. Potential adoptive parents are ready to travel at a moments notice.
The adoptive parents would be handed physical custody of the baby/child while the adoption professional would maintain legal custody. By mom signing her consent to adoption or relinguishment she would be giving all legal and physical custody over to that adoption professional. In Tx that can be an agency or attorney. The legal custody would not be handed to the new parents until they have 2-3 post placement visits and a waiting period of six months in some states. It all depends on where the adoption is finalized and what the state requirements are. The adoption professional determines how many post placements, but the state of finalization determines how soon the adoption can be finalized.
If the baby/child is placed outside of the state where mom signed relinguishment, then what is suppose to happen is the adoption professional will file an ICPC (interstate compact agreement).
ICPC= in this situation, TX would be the giving state and the new parents state would be the receiving state. If ICPC is filed (which is law across the US) the state of TX (adoption specialist in capital) would send mega paperwork to the receiving state. TX would need to have info on the new home, and that these people are who they say they are, live where they say they do, work where they say they do, etc.....once Tx has all of its answers then the adoption professional will give the new family permission to leave the state of TX and go home. This can take anywhere between 2 hours to 10 days, all depends on each state and their ability to communicate and office hours(monday-friday,8-5,). If the baby is placed with new family outside of the country, no ICPC is done. It is not an international law, just federal law.
At some point, if this is an ethical placement, the adoption professional would have to file court papers. I would imagine the LE or investigators are checking with the courts, but there is alot of county's in TX, the case should be in the county where the consent was signed, but I do not believe that is law but not sure about that one. So that makes me wonder if an unethical adoption professional has a judge in their pocket who signs off on a baby's case with a false birth certificate? Also I wonder if the person LM got his false ID from has been questioned? LM's criminal has him charged with having false ID. Maybe EJ went to that person and got one too?
Sorry guys, I know I went on and one here.