Father says newborn put up for adoption without his consent
Rickey StokesViewed: 3427
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Date: Nov 22 2015 9:39 PM
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (KSTU/CNN) - Breaking into tears, Colby Nielsen said watching his baby girl being taken away was the hardest thing he’s ever had to do.
“I couldn’t even get her out of her car seat,” he said.
Kaylee was born Nov. 4. Since then, the 20-year-old father never left her side - until he was forced to give her to adoptive parents this week, after Kaylee’s mother decided to put her up for adoption.
“My favorite moment is when she would just lay on my chest and we would watch TV and she just slept,” Nielsen said.
Nielsen’s lawyer said a technical reading of the Utah adoption law allows biological mothers to put their babies up for adoption without notifying the biological father.
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