By The Chronicle of Social Change 07/16/2015
\”A California law passed this week limits the extent to which paternity status can halt adoption proceedings.
Assembly Bill 1049, signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown (D) on Tuesday, clarifies a judge’s ability to consider an offer or refusal to sign a voluntary declaration of paternity as a factor in establishing or terminating parental rights, according to a press release from California Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R), who introduced the bill.
The California Academy of Adoption Attorneys (CAAA) sponsored the bill in the wake of the California Court of Appeals’ decision in a case known as Adoption of Baby Boy W. In 2014, a man won a court appeal in California that enabled him to take custody of his biological son after another family had already adopted him.
The boy’s mother, Jacqueline W., had terminated her parental rights and placed the child for adoption the day after his birth. …\”
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