Father fighting to stop the adoption of his baby girl.
- by: The O'Dea Family - www.babyselling.com
- recipient: Deciding Judge
All Legal documents can be seen at http://www.babyselling.com
Background info:
Ashley informed Cody she was pregnant and he did everything he should have. He offered to have her move in with him and pay for medical bills.
A little while later she informed him she had a miscarriage and refused to take his calls. He relocated and tried to move on, still shaken up by his unborn child's "death"
When the mother was 8 months pregnant Cody learned from a mutual friend she was still pregnant and planning on giving the child up for adoption in Montana.
Through phone calls and letters he was successful in stopping the pending adoption through LDS Family Services. After that Ashely disappeared and again would not accept his phone calls.
Three weeks after the first failed adoption she was successful in placing the child in Utah through the Adoption Center of Choice because of the strict laws in place regarding unwed fathers.
The agency retains custody and Cody has never even seen a picture of his daughter. Cody has been fighting to keep his daughter in his life since before she was born.
We hope to reunite Cody with his daughter whom he desperately wants and change the laws in Utah so this doesn't happen again.
There has been no adoption as it has been tied up in court while Cody fights to keep his parental rights to his child. Shortly after Cody started his legal battle the mother changed her occupation on myspace to babyseller. That is where the name of the awareness site is derived from.
Background info:
Ashley informed Cody she was pregnant and he did everything he should have. He offered to have her move in with him and pay for medical bills.
A little while later she informed him she had a miscarriage and refused to take his calls. He relocated and tried to move on, still shaken up by his unborn child's "death"
When the mother was 8 months pregnant Cody learned from a mutual friend she was still pregnant and planning on giving the child up for adoption in Montana.
Through phone calls and letters he was successful in stopping the pending adoption through LDS Family Services. After that Ashely disappeared and again would not accept his phone calls.
Three weeks after the first failed adoption she was successful in placing the child in Utah through the Adoption Center of Choice because of the strict laws in place regarding unwed fathers.
The agency retains custody and Cody has never even seen a picture of his daughter. Cody has been fighting to keep his daughter in his life since before she was born.
We hope to reunite Cody with his daughter whom he desperately wants and change the laws in Utah so this doesn't happen again.
There has been no adoption as it has been tied up in court while Cody fights to keep his parental rights to his child. Shortly after Cody started his legal battle the mother changed her occupation on myspace to babyseller. That is where the name of the awareness site is derived from.
We the undersigned are shocked and appalled that a man who has shown interest and responsibility in his child can have that child adopted out without his consent.
The adoption laws in the state of Utah need to be re-examined and changes need to be made. One change that needs to be made is the line that is drawn on the notification of unwed fathers to the adoption taking place. Right now there is no line being drawn on when the information provided was reasonable enough for a man to know that an adoption is taking place.
In Cody O'Dea VS The adoption Center of Choice the mother said "I am in Utah. You will never father this child and will pay child support until the child is in college." I do not see how this is notification of a pending adoption. Misleading information was thrown in to further hide what was really going on.
Because of this lack of notification we also believe this child should be returned to Mr O'Dea at once. He never consented to this adoption and actually was successful in stopping an adoption through LDS Family Services three weeks prior to his daughters birth and relinquishment by the mother. I would suggest you visit http://www.babyselling.com and read the paperwork posted.
Changes need to be made to protect unwed fathers from out of state. The fathers that have taken all the legal steps needed to protect their rights in their home state and, if applicable, the state where the mother resides before she travels to Utah to give birth.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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