"Ken Chaddock" wrote
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Yes, Andre, you've hit upon the obvious (to us perhaps) "devil in the
details"...the man is virtually *never* in a position to take advantage of
such laws and even if he is there is that pesky question of "custody"
which, at birth, generally defaults to the mother...
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Fathers who relinquish parental rights for adoption don't necessarily have
physical custody of the child.