“It is not legally yours until all rights are signed off.”
Or forcibly removed by court order.
We adopted two, in May of this year, 2 fathers, one mother. One father signed off, one father ignored the whole procedure after being notified repeatedly.
The mother showed up at two hearings and missed three, she was in jail during one of them. The judge read her criminal and drug addiction history and removed her rights.
“Two new additions to our family” - (with pictures):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2886877/posts
So the courts signed you off! LoL