§ 8605 Mother'S Consent For Adoption

• •If a child doesn’t have a dad everyone assumes is the dad, the mom must say it’s okay to adopt the child.
• •This only matters if the mom is still alive.
• •The rule is to make sure the mom agrees before someone else can adopt her child.

A single mom has a baby, and no one is sure who the dad is. A family wants to adopt the baby.

The family can’t adopt the baby unless the mom says it’s okay. If the mom is alive, her permission is needed.