Father will be reunited with baby adopted without his knowledge, judge rules

[Lionessa]

20. Not so black n white as you want things to be.

I suggest nothing about the father having no rights, however there are circumstances where the father's rights are definitely in a grey area. I've listed some of those above, I'm sure there are more.

It's hard enough for a woman to get away from abusive husbands, much harder than the inverse, without putting their or the children thereof in danger through privacy disclosure. You may not like that, but it is statistically accurate.

It's expensive and not seemingly required for a woman with multiple partners who have given no indication of interest in further relations to have DNA testing so the father can be determined, then appraoched, etc.

In this case, it seems the mother gave indication to others that the father was not interested and had abandoned his familial responsibilities. In such a case the responsibility for the fraud and misinformation is solely on the mother, imo.

I understand once the father started requesting information, some think the agency should cough it up, but what if that father was abusive, and that's the reason for the single parent adoption, and they give out the information and the child is kidnapped and/or harmed. We'd be wondering WTF the agency gave out privacy information.

I just don't think this topic nor this incident are black and white scenarios, and I rue that so many people here and elsewhere have become so friggin' polarized that all discussions are strawman'd down to black or white with no regard for the realities that reside in grey areas.