A foreign couple leaving the baby in FLorida, USA?
Can a couple leave a newborn American-born baby in the US and will child services take care of it so it can stay in the states? A good answer with some website for reference that supports your answer will surely get ten points.
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http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/m...
The prospective adoptive parent(s) should be aware that although a child may be born out of wedlock, that child may still have two parents.
A child born out of wedlock in a country that has not eliminated all legal distinctions between “legitimate” and “illegitimate”, and who has not been legitimated under the laws of the child’s or father’s residence or domicile, has a sole parent -- his or her mother -- unless the child has or had a bona fide relationship with the father.
If the child has or had a bona fide relationship with his or her father, the child may be considered to have a sole parent -- his or her mother -- only if the father has disappeared, abandoned, deserted, or in writing irrevocably released the child for emigration and adoption.
In both cases it must be evident that the mother is incapable of providing proper care for the child according to the standards of the country where she and the child reside and, in writing, irrevocably releases the child for emigration and adoption.
If a child is born out of wedlock in a country that has eliminated all legal distinctions between “legitimate” and “illegitimate”, paternity has been established, and the father has recognized or acknowledged the child, that child is considered “legitimated” with the child having both parents, not a sole parent.
Adoptive and prospective adoptive parents of children who were born out of wedlock should become familiar with the legitimacy laws in the countries where the children were born and/or live. If a child born out of wedlock is from a country which has eliminated all legal distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate, the child may still qualify for classification as an orphan under U.S. immigration law as long as there is proof that paternity has not been acknowledged or established before the civil authorities in that country. Prospective adoptive parent(s) may obtain information regarding a specific country’s legitimacy laws from the USCIS or the Department of State.
Any baby born in the US is automatically a US citizen, even if its parents were only here for an hour before it was born.
But I have the feeling that even if it wasn't a US citizen, an abandoned baby would be cared for in the US, but I'm sure every attempt would be made to locate the parents.
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