Adopting a child is an experience that promises to bring great joy as it changes a couple

or individual’s life forever. But what happens if the mother of that child wants to
endorse their child? Those are the issues that many adopting parents and birth-right
mothers are facing today. Many biological mothers want their child back. There are
many concerns for adopting parents to know- that there is the possibly that the birth
mother may file for the child. As a birth mother or the adopting parent one must realize
consequences that could lay ahead.

The legal and social transfer of all parental right, responsibilities, and roles from one
parent or parents, usually biological, to a nonbiological parent or parents is the
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They do not feel ready or able to be good parents. Most adopting parents, although, feel
confident that most birth-right mothers will not seize their child back. Chris Intagliata, a
mother of two adopted children advises that “ It [is] important to ask yourself what you
can handle. If you feel you can handle everything, that’s a good attitude.” Those are
important notions adopting parents must do. Most of the time adopting parents can
handle the task but some times it backfires when the biological mother or couple want
the baby back.