AboutTerrie Expertise Hello, I am an adoptive mom, past foster parent, I also work with a support group for potential and current birth and adoptive parents. I am also very knowledgable about Open and Private adoption. As well as using a lawyer, counseling, Homestudies, Also Legal Guardianship.
Experience I am an adoptive mom, on online community leader, as well as I am the founder of an Support group for adoption, We help potential birth and adoptive parent's. Find answer's to their need. I also can refer them to appropriate resources.
Organizations United thru Adoption,Online community Leader on adoption concerning Open Adoption and Adopting an Older child.
Expert: Terrie Date: 3/4/2007 Subject: I want my kids back..
Question I gave my parental rights up when i was young. I was preganant and lied to by my appointed lawyer. She said i lost my case which i fought to get my kids back for 2yrs. and said if i didn't give my rights up , then if i had kids in the future and if the state found out about it..they could take them from me too. But if i sign my rights away then i could have them placed in a home together and recieve updates on how they are doing as well as photos. She also said if i go to court and don't sign them away, then they would believe the dr. over me and i would go to jail. So basically she forced me to giving up my kids and lied to me about having to give my kids away knowing i was young and nieve. Can i get my kids back and fight to get back custody of them? What are my options on this. Adoptive parents and i talk but aren't willing to give them back. So i need to know what i can do in my situation please.
Answer Sadly once you signed the papers and the court excepted your signature and then they terminated your parental rights their is no legal recourse, Meaning no that the children have been legally adopted by the adoptive parents right? How long ago was that? When did you sign papers? When did they legally adopt the children? How long have the children been in their home now? How old were the children when you signed the papers? How old are they now? The children having bonded to the adoptive parents is also important and breaking those bonds can be very hard for children to deal with. I am not a lawyer however you may wish to speak to one. The biggest problem is also that to take this co court would cost alot of money do you have thousands and thousands of dollars? I know that it can be very costly to fight such a fight. You need to realize the adoptive parents love the children of course they are not going to willingly give the children back once they adopted them that legally made them their legal children.
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Terrie
