With our daughter the birthmother did a "Direct Placement" which we were given custody (not an agency). She later went before a judge and signed the TPR papers. We were in state then and took our daughet home from the hospital.
But be careful in Michigan. The father/birth father HAS to be notified. If he is not notified he can petition the court for custody and get custody - before the adoption petition is filed (in our case) but after the birthmother's rights are terminated. And if she names the wrong guy.... does not matter. The biological father must receive notification. Guess how we know this....
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Fiona
Mother to the two wonderful children we were meant to have
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