badbabysitter
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Signing rights away is not 100%. There are cases where anonymous sperm donors have been made to pay for a child from a woman they've never met. Because the welfare of the child is the court's first concern.
I totally agree there is a lot of fucked up shit about paternity rights. If the mother wants to give the child up, the father should have first shot at custody. Not all will want it, but for those who do, how do you justify freezing them out? Is denying fathers a family value? Sounds like a damn odd one.
Holding someone hostage, no. But there are people who pay surrogate mothers to carry the babies. Why not do that? Or require the father to pay the mother the surrogate fee if she is then willing to carry the baby to term?
there have been cases that rapists have gained custody of the children conceived during the crime...
and father's actually do get first shot at custody if a mother gives up the child, it's the law of the land in most places, so I don't know why you're getting upset..unless of course the father is deemed a danger to the childs welfare or incarcerated
a case in point, a convicted pedophile is suing for custody of his 6 year old daughter.. coincidently the same age of his victim... but since he's out of jail and is in a financially better position for the mother
and he gained custody
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/sex-offender-dad-sole-custody-daughter-6-article-1.1385837