What are the rights of unmarried birth fathers in New York?
• Notice An unwed father has the right to be notified of the adoption proceeding if he meets one or more of the following categories: (1) he has been adjudicated by a court as the child’s father, (2) he has filed a notice of intent to claim paternity, (3) he is recorded on the birth certificate as the father, 4) he is living with the child and the child’s mother and is holding himself out to be the father, (5) he is identified as the father by the biological mother in a written sworn statement, (6) he is married to the mother within six months after the child’s birth but prior to her signing of a consent or surrender, (7) he has filed an acknowledgement of paternity. • Consent: Child Less than Six Months of Age However, an unwed father has the legal right to veto an adoption of an infant (less than six months of age) only if he shows that: (1) during the pregnancy, he emotionally and financially supported the mother and that he planned for the child’s birth, (2) he is ready, willing an
