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To: MarkBsnr; irishtenor; Dr. Eckleburg; wmfights
However, you are wrong about the child not being able to rescind his/her adoption. The child can petition for it to be rescinded. Now, it wouldn’t be nice to reject a good parent, or a good God, but not all people are nice.

I'm actually not all that familiar with this area of the law, but I would strongly think that any such request would have to have grounds. That is, there would have to be a showing of parental unfitness. My children could not "divorce" themselves from my custody "just because". I would assume it works the same in the case of legal adoption. Since God is incapable of unfitness, the turn your analogy takes would not apply.

3,514 posted on 03/06/2008 12:04:47 AM PST by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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To: Forest Keeper

***That is, there would have to be a showing of parental unfitness. My children could not “divorce” themselves from my custody “just because”. I would assume it works the same in the case of legal adoption. ***

Then you would assume wrong. A divorce from adoptive parents, while unusual, can still occur at the request of the adoptive child for any reason, or none given, once they (depends on jurisdiction) approach or surpass the age of majority.


3,524 posted on 03/06/2008 7:48:54 AM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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