Hi, You need to register on the Texas Putative Father's Registry immediately, You can pick-up a form from the places listed below. You only have 31 days from birth to file !
I would also hire an attorney.
Texas Statutes
“Paternity Registry” Statutes: Tex. Fam. Code Ann. sec. 160.251 et seq.
FORMS are available from hospitals, birthing centers, licensed child-placing agencies, county and district clerks, and the Bureau of Vital Statistics. (See following address)
Return the form to (I would advise sending it Priority overnight with signature required):
Bureau of Vital Statistics;
Texas Department of Health;
1100 West 49th,
Austin, TX, 78756
Tel: 1-888-963-7111 Ext 7782 or 512-458-7782
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The birthfather must be notified of birthmother’s plans to place baby for
adoption, either personally, by service or publication. Reasonable efforts
must be made to locate the father. In Texas, there is a “paternity registry”
where a putative father can assert paternity.
? Registry/Paternity Requirements to Receive Notice Statute: Fam. Code
§§160.402(a); 160.312
? The putative father may file before the child's birth, but no later
than the 31st day after the child's birth.
? Registration requires a completed Bureau of Vital Statistics form,
signed and acknowledged by the putative father.
http://iaatp.com/docs/FAQs-TX.pdf
First off you have rights as the father. No child can be legally adopted without both parents consents. Unless she lied and said she didn't know who the father was? I would go to your local courthouse and try to get records on the birth of the baby and the adoption. Also I would hire a good lawyer. Good luck!My ex girlfriend says she gave birth to our baby and sent her off for adoption what can i do ?
You need a lawyer who specializes in family law and you need one yesterday.
Wow i would give her a call. Try to ask some of her friends. If you are the father i wonder how she can just give it up and you never paid child support or any thing so theirs a clue she probably did not give birth already and give it up. maybe go to the nearest adoption center in texas.My ex girlfriend says she gave birth to our baby and sent her off for adoption what can i do ?
if she put your child up for adoption then you would of been contacted. unless she just left the baby at the hospital. Add up your months and make sure the months are adding up. They have no choice but to try 3 times to contact the father.
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