Can I make an adoption plan without the consent of the birth father?
If the birth father is not agreement with the adoption plan, the agency will try and contact him in order to talk with him in detail about the adoption process and the possibility of him signing his legal paperwork. If he is unwilling to sign, then the agency can have him served. If the birth father is unknown his rights can be terminated through the registry of paternity established in the bureau of vital statistics. Section 160.402. of the Texas Family Code states that a man who desires to be notified of a proceeding for the adoption of or the termination of parental rights regarding a child that he may have fathered may register with the registry of paternity. If he does not register before the 31st day after the date of the birth of the child the parental rights of a man alleged to be the father of a child may be terminated without notice as provided by Section 161.002.
