Friday, August 19, 2011

Considering adoption of girlfriend's 3 year old son. Bio never in the picture. Does this sound reasonable?

I posted this same question under a different category, and the responses struck me as odd.� Please read carefully.The biological father has never been in the picture.� They weren't married.� He fought the DNA test.� He fought the court decision.� Eventually, the courts decided to nail him hard, to the full extent.� He pays his child support, usually on time. Nothing more.� He has never even seen the child.� For our purposes here, I see no need to name the little boy involved in this question.The biological father has repeatedly stated he wants no contact.� Again, they were never married.It is my opinion, having been surrounded by a number of adoptions (I myself am not adopted, buy most all of my family is) there are ways that best suit the child involved.� I believe that should the day come that the adopted child wishes to know about their biological father, or even meet them, then that is up to the child.� I won't fight that.� I would never attempt to hide the fact or try to deceive the child about the adoption.� Everything as it is.� However, given the biological father's attitude, I would prefer he remain as removed as possible, until such time as the little boy decides for himself as to whether or not he has contact with his dad.� However controlling this may sound, I don't care what the biological father wants.� He had his chance.� He chose the low road, and my girlfriend and her son have dealt with it.� Should this adoption take place, it would never be my intention to hide the truth, or prevent the child from fulfilling his curiousity should he chose.� Previous responses have suggested this unreasonable.� I am a bit confused.Does this sound impracticle?� Unreasonable?� Controlling?

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