Our Guestblogger today is David Archuletta, author of “Odyssey of an Unknown Father” The Complete Book on Wrongful Adoption.

My name is David Archuletta, I am single, 49, and the father of a wrongfully adopted son; no, that is not my TV voice that captivates American Idol fans across the country. My told story will point to a much less auspiciously marked future. Yet, some will say that deservedly, such standing should be the case. 

I met my girlfriend when my condition of Parkinson’s was two years diagnosed. It would not take long to find out that her immediate past had troubles as well. I had just turned forty-one, my disease was only progressing, her smile engaging. Thoughts of white picket fences did come to mind; it would not happen. What did happen I will only briefly go over, because as you might guess, what unfolded was not a storybook ending. Suffice to say, my person finds it difficult to talk about this subject in the first-person.

In short, my girlfriend gave birth to, and placed for adoption her son who I thought was stillborn and not of my blood. [This was set-up in a ruse much more complicated in ways and means.] Needless to say, the adopted child was my son, and the reason why I now stay my fight for adoption reform. I would like to take this opportunity to share a proposal for birth father rights. These are only the words of one unknown father. However, found evidence points to other fathers, long lost fathers who might share the same feelings."

First of all, the Putative Father Registry does not work for tricked, unaware, or the possible militarily deployed birth father. How does one sign a list when one does not know that he is a father?

In addition, there is another misnomer in the State of New Jersey:

It is a Federal office called “The Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children.” [ICPC] The ICPC was accepted by thirty-five States in 1960 with New Jersey becoming the last State to accept the compact only a few years back. The Washington D.C. based Federal Agency is supposed to “protect our children whenever they cross State borders.” In hindsight, this Federal office is in the employ of the fifty States, rather than the fifty States under its jurisdiction. This observation may seem unwarranted, however, this is the level of effectiveness the ICPC has in terms of applicable use as shown:

When a child moves across State lines to a new life of adoption, this office is fully aware of the case. Where did the ICPC get the information? They obtain it from the adoption agency handling the placement. Meanwhile the birth mother does not know what the ICPC stands for or its purpose. [This would also mean a birth mother is less likely to curtail plans of a forthcoming adoption scam.]

The ICPC information will consist of a birth mother’s name, address and signed intent to have her child adopted in the State of New Jersey, and/or the following:

1. [a] A birth mother signed and dated affidavit that states that the biological father’s whereabouts and name are impossible to determine. [b]. The birth father’s name, address and/or possible location.

2. A birth mother signed and dated affidavit that states she refuses to name the birth father.

3. A birth father’s signed and dated affidavit stating that he officially terminates his parental rights as biological father.