Can a unwed father challenge an adoption of his child?

I don’t know how it works in the States but here in the UK a father has no legal rights if he is not married to the mother. That said, as he has not been inolved in your daughter’s life and is an addict he would not get very far challenging an adoption.

What’s stopping YOU from helping her raise her child?

Your daughter needs to talk to a lawyer. State laws vary but in most states if a man doesn’t establish his paternal rights legally, he has no say. Depending on the law some of things things he would have to do are sign up on the states putative father registry(if your state has one) and most important, contribute financially to the pregnancy.
It isn’t your daughter’s responsibility to tell him what to do to establish paternity,

It depends on State Law – but generally in the US the father does have rights and is able to challenge the adoption of his child. There have been cases in the news where a mother has given her child up and the bio father has popped up after the adoption and challenged it – and in some cases won. Courts will generally side with a biological parent, given said parent has a support system in place for the child (which he would if his mother is willing to assist in raising the baby).

You definitely need to talk to a lawyer – and perhaps even a social worker if you have concerns that the father may be on illegal substances. They will be able to help you with the right course of action.

First off people need to stop slamming this guy for not wanting to take the child himself. You have no idea and there is nothing wrong with adoption.

Secondly yes he does have rights to the child. A father has 6 months to protest the adoption and take the child for himself. (This as actually happened in my family my uncle’s x-girlfriend tried to put their child up for adoption without him knowing)

And yes if you daughter wants to give up the baby and the father wants the child then he will get it because he is a blood relative. Especially if his mother is going to be the primary care giver.

You can go to court to try and stop it but most judges will favor leaving a child in a parent’s home. It take a lot to change that.

You’ve got to look at this from both sides.
Fathers have rights too. He may not be the best father figure and I don’t know the entire situation but there are worse things out there then drug abuse (not that I condone the action). Women win custody all the time who have habits worse then drugs.

Your best bet to keep the child out of the father’s hands is to keep the child yourself (if possible)

The only way she can challenge is if she proves them unfit. He may be but doubtful that his mother is unfit. If you and your daughter don’t want it, let the baby’s father and his mother raise it. Otherwise it goes to total strangers. Sometimes they go to good adoptive homes, sometimes they go to abusive home that people have covered up. Never know, you don’t want it so what does it matter?? Also, your daughter should be perfectly able to take care of a child bipolar or not if she is on proper medication and taking care of herself. Losing a child unless she just doesn’t care, will cause her to be worse later. Bipolar is an inherited trait and sometimes comes out worse after a traumatizing situation when it was never present before. Easily controlled with medication, if no insurance than try medicaid or a local free county health clinic.