[sugarbabysmommy]

"With an agency they can sign with the SW form the agency 24 hours after the birth and it CAN be irrevocable the next day but all relinquishments need to be signed by a judge. Sometimes it can take a few days to cross thta particualr judges desk. Again it depends on the county. In general figure it will be about ten days before it is irrevocable with agency adoption and 45 in independent."

Our agency experience in CA was sort of like this. The SW explains and witnesses the relinquishments, there also has to be another witness, in our case it was a friend of the birthmom. She could have then requested that the paperwork be held for anywhere from one to thirty days before being sent to the state for filing. Or she can request that it be filed immediately, that is what happened in our case. The day after the papers were signed they were sent to the state, (it was Monday) and by Friday of that week our agency received notice form the state that the papers were filed- making them irrevocable.