Single Parenting

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This paper takes a story of a young teenage couple who have a baby and looks at the complex laws regarding paternity and adoption. The paper examines situations like if the mother wishes to leave the state, give the child up for adoption, block visitation rights and so on. The father's rights are also addressed such as child support and wishing to obtain custody.

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"While out of the state Tammy writes to Spike, telling him that she has had an abortion. In fact, however, she delivers a healthy baby and the two of them rejoin her parents when the baby is still an infant. Spike learns that he in fact has a child and tries to visit, but Tammy's parents block this visit. After six months Tammy tires of the wearisome task of being a mother when she herself is still a child and trying to raise the child and decides to allow Mr. and Mrs. Rich, a wealthy childless couple, to adopt the child. When Spike hears of this plan, he is outraged because he still hopes to marry Tammy and raise the child with her."

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