watrloo rod, adopting a baby

[mollykins]

I know the story is from the tv, but I was wondering where the people would stand if the situation happened in real life.

For thos of you that don't know, in waterloo road which is based at a school, a female teacher can't have a baby and the head teacher PA is pregnant but doesn't want the baby. They agree that for no charge, that the the PA would have the baby and that she would give it to the teacher and her husband to look after.

However the baby was handed over and so far no legal documents of the adoption have been sorted out. And now that the PA has seen her baby a few times she is becoming closer to it and wants it back, and in the preview to the next episode, you see her running away with her baby in a pram.

So where would everyone stand in this situation if it happened in real life?

[sandyRoe]

Even Solomon couldn't resolve this one. It would need a Jeremy Kyle.

[ummmm]

If she wants her baby back then she can have her baby back.

I doubt whether Ruby would have been allowed to adopt the baby anyway. Adoption has very strict procedures and with her past mental health problems...

[mollykins]

umm aswell as all the tablets she was addicted to!

[ummmm]

Not sure if there is any medical proof that she was addicted to them. She's certainly unhinged...

[mollykins]

At one point she was downing them like there's no tomorrow!

[ummmm]

Yes...but unless it's in her medical records no one needs to know unless she tells them...

[pink-kittens]

I don't watch this programme but occasionally watch Corrie and there is a similar storyline on there at the moment. A family adopting a baby where the father has a criminal record, the son has been in prison and the father smokes - no way would they be allowed to adopt in real life, so Mollykins, you MUST remember these are made up stories that are sensationalised to within a fag paper's width to bring in the viewers

[boxtops]

Agree with what everyone else says, soaps don't reflect real-life processes (they would go on for ever if they did). I remember a time in East Enders where the Queen Vic was sold overnight so one of them could leave the area - just not possible.

[mollykins]

I know, that's why i'm wondering what would happen in real life.

[ummmm]

In real life they would not be allowed to adopt the baby as they would have to go through all the relevant checks and that can take years.

[daffy654]

In real life the birth mother would be allowed to keep the baby as no legal process has been observed (and no papers signed).

[pink-kittens]

it is a very long and drawn out process Molly and takes many weeks and months, even years, of looking at prospective parents in detail from how safe their jobs is to their criminal activities (if any) and so on and so forth

Have a look at Babyworld.com if you really are intertested. They have a dedicated adoptive parents forum - go read it =)