To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Stop ALL Adoptions Within Utah
I am a mother of a very handsome little boy and the wife of a military career man. I don't have the expertise or time to critically research all the cases against the Utah courts and Utah adoptions agencies for illegal and/or questionable adoptions. I do, however, know that the rights of the biological parents are superior to the rights of adoptive parents unless the biological parents have signed away their rights and/or been proven unfit.
The recent case of Terry Achane and the battle to have his daughter returned to him after illegally being put up for ‘adoption’ by his now ex-wife Tira Bland has made headlines. It should not have made headlines and all parties involved, with the exception of Terry Achane should be held criminally and civilly liable for their actions in the custodial interference that turned kidnapping when the Freis did not return Teleah Achane after the judge ordered them to.
This petition is not about Terry Achane alone though. It about all the men like Terry Achane, a married man at the time of the illegal adoption, and single fathers who have been cheated of the right to parent their own children. By halting all adoptions in Utah until Utah reforms its adoption laws to significantly and better protect father rights, father rights are being protected and young children are being protected from illegal adoptions.
I am not looking to punish potential adoptees or the people who wish to adopt them. I am trying to protect the greater good by forcing Utah to do the right thing. Make the laws fairer, clearer, and close all loopholes that can be used by people of low caliber character, including those involved in adoption agencies. Until Utah does this, all adoptions within the state should be halted for the mental, social, spiritual, and physical health of all parties involved.
The recent case of Terry Achane and the battle to have his daughter returned to him after illegally being put up for ‘adoption’ by his now ex-wife Tira Bland has made headlines. It should not have made headlines and all parties involved, with the exception of Terry Achane should be held criminally and civilly liable for their actions in the custodial interference that turned kidnapping when the Freis did not return Teleah Achane after the judge ordered them to.
This petition is not about Terry Achane alone though. It about all the men like Terry Achane, a married man at the time of the illegal adoption, and single fathers who have been cheated of the right to parent their own children. By halting all adoptions in Utah until Utah reforms its adoption laws to significantly and better protect father rights, father rights are being protected and young children are being protected from illegal adoptions.
I am not looking to punish potential adoptees or the people who wish to adopt them. I am trying to protect the greater good by forcing Utah to do the right thing. Make the laws fairer, clearer, and close all loopholes that can be used by people of low caliber character, including those involved in adoption agencies. Until Utah does this, all adoptions within the state should be halted for the mental, social, spiritual, and physical health of all parties involved.
Why is this important?
Utah adoption laws are harmful to the rights of fathers. In a recent case of Terry Achane, it took him nearly 3 years to have his child returned to him after his now ex-wife, Tira Bland, illegally put Teleah Achane up for adoption. Other fathers have similar stories. Tragedies like this, perpetrated by people of poor character, must be stopped.