In Re Paternity of Baby Doe

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• State’s interest in child’s early permanent placement precludes father from contesting adoption when unaware of paternity, not timely included on putative father registry
• state’s interest in child’s early permanent placement precluded father from contesting adoption where he was unaware of paternity and failed to timely file with putative father registry
• “courts from sister states considering cases similar to this one have placed the responsibility for promptly asserting parental rights on the putative father, even when the mother of the child has attempted to prevent the father’s knowledge of or contact with the child”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).