CuriousKit
Junior Member
I know someone who is pregnant and unmarried and for culture/religious reasons she would like to have the child secretly, and then adopt the child as though it is not genetically hers. Is this possible?
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Can you adopt your own child?
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Just Blue
Senior Member
US Law Only.
Is this info for a friend or for a character?
Silverplum
Senior Member
When it comes to stories like this one -- I ALWAYS think that, Perky!
You're more intuitive than me, Silver. I only thought of it after checking hx.
Silverplum
Senior Member
You're more intuitive than me, Silver. I only thought of it after checking hx.
Naw, just more untrusting. And work (periphally) in publishing.
Now I'm gonna check that hx!
mistoffolees
Senior Member
Just in case this is real....
Why?
If you really want to lie to your friends for culture/religious reasons, just do so. TELL them that you adopted the child. Your friends will not be asking to see the birth certificate.
Since you're lying to them, anyway, what's the point of possibly adding fraud onto that?
CJane
Senior Member
Isn't a birth certificate altered at the time of adoption to reflect the new parents?
mistoffolees
Senior Member
I don't know if that's true of every state, but it really doesn't matter. I don't think I've EVER showed my daughter's birth certificate to a friend and can't think of a reason why I would.
She wants to lie to her friends and family, so there's nothing to be gained by trying to formalize it.
Mass_Shyster
Senior Member
Have your friend hand you the baby, and you hand the baby back. Now she can call it a black-market adoption.
CJane
Senior Member
I don't even have copies of my girls' BCs. The only reason I have a copy of Twain's is because I went and got one so I could enroll him in Kindergarten this year.
What's funny to me? This is for "religious" reasons. I wanna know what version of God will be fooled by this scheme.
Just Blue
Senior Member
God will not. I suspect that the "friend" is hoping to "fool" her family and religious leaders and not be "shunned" by them. Although I do think this is just another fiction by OP.
stealth2
Under the Radar Member
Let's also not forget that it's not that easy to just adopt a child. It's not like going to the toy store and picking the prettiest doll, ya know?
As for the "religious" reasons? In what religion is lying okay? Lying to yourself, to the child, to GOD, and to the world at large?
As for the "religious" reasons? In what religion is lying okay? Lying to yourself, to the child, to GOD, and to the world at large?
Just Blue
Senior Member
HypocrLet's also not forget that it's not that easy to just adopt a child. It's not like going to the toy store and picking the prettiest doll, ya know?
As for the "religious" reasons? In what religion is lying okay? Lying to yourself, to the child, to GOD, and to the world at large?
The "religion" of hypocrisy. VERY common (in every way "common" can be interpreted).