Question

[serafina20]

Does anyone know if there is a certain way, either legally or just by convention, that birth mothers who have found their child put up for adoption should approach that child? I'm assuming that they don't have to use a lawyer, agency, or anything but it would seem to me that, if the child is still a minor, they would need to contact the adoptive parents. And if the adoptive parents don't want the birth mother contacting the child (while still a minor) can they file a restraining order against them or take any legal action? I am asking, of course, for a fic, because it seems that Rachel Dunleavy actions in approaching Clark without any warning was questionable (probably meant to be, but I am, as

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Does anyone know if there is a certain way, either legally or just by convention, that birth mothers who have found their child put up for adoption should approach that child? I'm assuming that they don't have to use a lawyer, agency, or anything but it would seem to me that, if the child is still a minor, they would need to contact the adoptive parents. And if the adoptive parents don't want the birth mother contacting the child (while still a minor) can they file a restraining order against them or take any legal action? I am asking, of course, for a fic, because it seems that Rachel Dunleavy actions in approaching Clark without any warning was questionable (probably meant to be, but I am, as <lj-user-"mecurtain"> spackling the holes and trying to make it fit in COTW-verse). I'm trying to find some info on adoption sites too, but thought I'd check in LJ-land.



And can anyone explain why, even though it's probably a bad idea, I seem so determined to give Dominic a baby? Not *have* a baby, but give him one? The baby has a name now. *sigh* Why?