Legal rights on adoption?

i am from the uk and have a question to ask.
i was not in a relationship with a gentleman, but we were 'seeing' each other for two maybe three weeks. i then discovered i was pregnant at a VERY late stage (seven months) and decided adoption was a sensible step forward. i was on oral contraception at the time.

i tried to speak to him once but did not have the courage to tell him. do i legally have to tell him the child has been placed for adoption. i was never tolkd i had to by social workers, neither did they force me to give information about him.

like i said we were not in a serious relationship of any kind and he is not on the birth certificate.

the child has been placed with an adoptive family already and they are doing really well. i have signed my rights over.

No you dont but there are a few issues that would need to be resolved.

If you tell him, or he finds out he can challenge for custordy, preventing the adoption if he is considered acceptable by the agencies concerned.

If his name is on the birth certificate the Social Workers have a duty to try and find him to establish his wishes, if he has no objections the child will be "freed for adoption".

Its only once a child has been freed can an adoption take place, and I suggest that you lots of councelling on this matter, as circumstances change, and you need to know once a child has been freed you lose your rights too.

The law on adoption

With effect from 30 December 2005 the law on adoption was comprehensively reformed by the Adoption and Children Act 2002 and the Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005. The main aims of the reforms were to align adoption law with the Children Act 1989 and to try to ensure that the consent of the birth parents is addressed at an earlier stage.

The child鈥檚 welfare is paramount. The Court must be satisfied that the birth parents consent or that their consent can be dispensed with on the grounds that they cannot be found, they are incapable of consenting or that the welfare of the child requires the consent of the parent to be dispensed with.

The Court may dispense with the consent of a parent provided that the welfare of the child requires it.

I don't know about legally but I would say morally yes this man has a right to know he is a father. Especially as his child is about to be adopted - surely he should know, maybe he is in a position to look after the child maybe not, but he should definitely be told.

go to a socitor and find out, that would be the best bet

yes.
I am currently studying Humanities.
And in the Uk it is illegal to not
advise the counterpart on your decision.