[mroot]

I don't know what state you are in, but in Kentucky, once the bparents terminate their rights in front of a judge, that's it. There is no appeal. When we adopted our son, his bparents wanted us to come to the termination hearing even though we didn't need to. The hearing was held when our son was 11 days old. They sealed the courtroom and videotaped the hearing. The judge asked if either one of them had ever been diagnosed with a mental illness and if either of them were under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. I thought this strange but found out later that they do that to establish competency. If later they come back and say they were under duress and didn't know what they were doing, they can replay the videotape.

They sometimes use consents instead of judicial termination of rights. That is where the bmom signs a paper consenting to the adoption but it has a 20 day revocation period where she can change her mind for any reason. After the waiting period, it's final. It sounds like this may have been what your son's bmom did. If so, I think you should be ok.