What happens if the birth mother does receive gifts or promises of gifts or money for her expenses outside what the law allows?
If a birth mother consents to an adoption because she has received or has been promised gifts or money, then her consent has been made “under duress,” and is, therefore, invalid. In such a case, the birth mother may withdraw her consent to the adoption, as long as she does so within one year after the final adoption decree has been filed. This one-year-after-finalization time limit prevents an adoption from being disrupted years after the consent was given.
