call adoption support for your state.
With limited information it is possible to locate biological parents/grandparents via the internet at such sights as adoption.com. Look for reunion registries through which you can find biological parents if they want to be found.
No, only with parental consent or when you are 18.
No. Only in Utah is his consent not needed, just a notification.
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Yes. The biological father has rights and he might want custody of the child. She can not allow the child to be adopted without his consent. The court can issue an order to have a DNA test administered.
The government could not raise taxes without the consent of the people.
Yes. Why wouldn't you be able to?
now a stepfather can't adopt a child without the concent of the child's father
Not unless he gave her up.
No, there were good emperors who were biological sons of previous emperors. Titus for one. Some of them were designated as heir without being adopted and others were appointed by the military.
That is not his decision to make. The child can not be given up for adoption without the biological mother's permission. And then the court will decide of she's allowed to adopt.