Are Birth Fathers in CO Adoption Forgotten?
By Melissa Camacho
You are a birth mother deciding to place the baby up for adoption and wondering if birth fathers in CO can be involved. Adoption Choices of Colorado is flexible with any support you add to your adoption plan. Having the birth father on board benefits you and your baby. Our adoption agencies in Colorado will supply you with resources you and the birth father should be aware of. The birth father can assist you throughout many stages in the adoption process. It is hard for a birth mother to experience an unplanned pregnancy without support. We want you to know that our private adoption Colorado agencies will ease you through your adoption journey.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
How Can the Birth Father Know About My Pregnancy And Adoption?
As much as birth mothers want the birth father involved, it can be hard to locate him in some situations. If you’re one of the birth mothers experiencing this situation, don’t worry. If the birth father is unreachable, your adoption specialist will try to locate him. Your adoption specialist will notify the birth father of your pregnancy, especially if he is the biological father. Remember that if he is the biological father, he is entitled to claim parental rights. He will also have to go through a legal process in claiming paternity rights.
Can Birth Fathers in CO Help Choose The Adoptive Family?
You are welcome to let the birth father know about your adoption options in choosing the adoptive family. Together, you and the birth father will provide a loving and caring family for your child. You can use our CO Adoption resources to educate the birth father about adoption child care responsibilities during the process. If he wants to learn about different types of adoptive families, he can visit our waiting families page. Our waiting families page consists of adoptive family profiles of their background, livelihood, culture, interests, and family values. In addition, you can use unique navigation features, such as viewing photos and adding profiles to your favorites. Advise the birth father that the adoptive family will undergo background checks through a home study process. Their home will be inspected, and their finances will be reviewed to ensure your child will be financially supported.
What If The Birth Father Wants To Communicate With The Adoptive Family?
The birth father can also communicate with the adoptive family depending on the type of adoption. After all, you are both parts of your child’s love and growth with a loving adoptive family. Open adoption will allow you and the birth father to communicate with the adoptive family in many ways. This includes sending letters or photos, social media apps, phone calls, and family visits.
Communication levels are limited with a semi-adoption. In this case, you or the birth father communicate securely with the adoptive family through a third party or adoption agency. If you choose a closed adoption, neither you nor the birth father will have any type of communication with the adoptive family. A closed adoption will not disclose any information from you, the birth father, or the adoptive family. The type of adoption you decide with the birth father is final after adoption papers are signed. Consult your adoption specialist for any changes you wish to make after an adoption is finalized.
Is The Birth Father Responsible for Paying Any Expenses During The Adoption Process?
Because the adoptive family may cover medical expenses not covered by your insurance, the birth father might not need to cover medical costs. However, the birth father can input if he’d like to. In addition, the birth father can add any medical history when the time comes to sign adoption papers. You will also get financial assistance for medical expenses when placing your baby for adoption.
We Can Help You In The Adoption Process
You have done the right thing to expand your adoption options. While it’s challenging for some birth mothers to have the birth father involved, asking for help is just another step. We are an empathetic private adoption Colorado agency that supports birth mothers facing traumatic and stressful situations. Adoption Choices of Colorado encourages you to seek further advice through our counseling support services. In addition, you can learn about the birth father’s rights in the adoption process through our birth father FAQS. The more helping hands in the adoption process, the less stress for a birth mother in her adoption journey. If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy and want to learn more about your adoption options, contact Adoption Choices of Colorado by email, phone, or text: Email Us, Text us: 720-371-1099, Call us: 303-670-4673 (HOPE). If you are hoping to adopt, please contact us here.
Stephanie joined the Adoption Choices family in 2014 as the Child Placement Supervisor. Her love for adoption began in first grade when she made friends with twins adopted from Vietnam. Her heart grew strong over the years for adopted children and ultimately led her to graduate school where she continued her focus to her dream of working in the adoption field. Stephanie earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Denver in 2001. Over the past 15 years, Stephanie has worked as a pregnancy counselor and as an adoptive parent counselor for foster care, international adoption and domestic adoption, writing hundreds of home studies for families, and helping build their forever families. Stephanie is married and has three boys ages 12, 9, and 5. Together with her family she enjoys riding bike, playing games, watching her three sons compete in their various sporting and musical activities and go on vacations.
Christy Ikeler, is our Executive Director and Birth Parent Director. Christy has been with Adoption Choices Team for 18 years, since opening the doors in 2002! Christy has a true passion for what she does and her true love is working with and helping each birth parent. Whether she is up all night on the phone talking with them, taking them to doctors appointments, out for their favorite treat, providing counseling or at the hospital during labor and delivery, Christy is very involved every step of the way. She has a contagious laugh and a spunky personality that our birth moms all can bond with and relate to. As an adoptive parent herself, adoption holds a very special place in her heart and she can relate on every level with both birth parents and adoptive parents. In her free time Christy loves spending time with her daughter, gardening, baking and taking vacations with her family. Christy is an excellent leader for our team at Adoption Choices and is truly one of a kind!! As Executive Director, Christy spends time with the staff, birth parents and adoptive families in order to ensure that the agency is running smoothly. She has placed a huge emphasis on community outreach and programs for birth parents. Christy loves the opportunity to lead the agency into a brighter future.
Ms. Mackenzie has built a successful counseling career over the past 20 years, supporting mothers and families, people of all ages and genders, students, community professionals and fellow clinicians. Liv values a diverse professional focus, including the entrepreneurial life of a sole proprietor, the evaluative process of certifying foster/adoptive homes, the insightful and mindful one-on-one one work with enthusiastic clients, and serving as an advocate for underserved populations. Liv is a Licensed Professional Counselor and holds a BA in Pre-Law and Economics from American University, an MA in Counseling from Adams University and a certificate in Human Resource Management from Villanova University. Away from work you will find Liv spending time in nature, biking to the farmer’s market and adventuring with her family.
Catherine A. Madsen, joined the Adoption Choices family as legal counsel in 2013. Catherine is responsible for providing legal guidance to the Agency, training and updating staff on developments in adoption law and legislation, and program development. Catherine
Virginia Frank is an adoption attorney accredited since 1991 with the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Ms. Frank is a leader in the field of private adoption and has completed over 4,000 adoptions in her career. Ms. Frank has a law degree from Oklahoma City University and a BA in both Political Science and Communications from the University of Oklahoma.
Cassidie has been with Adoption Choices since 2015, she has her bachelors in Interdisciplinary Affairs with concentrations in both Sociology and Business Management. Cassidie has additional training in Victim Advocacy, foster care and has been working in women’s services for over 10 years. Cassidie has always had a heart for adoption and it was her career dream to work in adoption. She started off doing volunteer work for advocacy programs, adoption organizations and worked in High Risk Maternal Fetal Medicine through the University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Cassidie is also blessed to have personally experienced an adoption of her own in 2012, completing her family of five! Cassidie loves what she does as a case worker from initial phone calls, meetings, doctor appointments, interaction with the adoptive families to delivery and counseling. Cassidie has a passion for those in need and strives to help make a difference in the lives of the people she meets. She is a firm believer in being kind, compassionate and open minded in all situations. “Unless you’ve walked in their shoes, there’s no place for judgment. A kind word or compliment can go a long way!” The bittersweet moments in adoption reminds Cassidie each and every time, why she loves what she does!