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Ms. S, an adoptive mother, recently read an article about a birth father who is suing the adoptive parents for custody

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by BTGmoderatorDC » Tue Jan 21, 2020 5:57 pm
Ms. S, an adoptive mother, recently read an article about a birth father who is suing the adoptive parents for custody of his child, who had been offered up for adoption without without the birth father's permission. Ms. S adopted her child several years later through the same agency, but she should not be worried that her child's birth father will sure her for custody.

Which of the following, if discovered to be true, would lend the most support to the conclusion above?

A) The birth mother of Ms. S's child never informed the birth father that she was pregnant, so the birth father does not know of the child's existence.

B) In the last twenty years in the state in which Ms. S lives, adoptive parents have won 90% of the cases in which birth parents have sued for custody of an adopted child.

C) The adoption in the article was completed two months before a policy was instituted by the agency requiring the signatures of both parents on the paperwork releasing the child for adoption.

D) The birth father in the case described in the article was over the age of 18 at the time the adoption was completed.

E) Ms. S adopted one child through the agency mentioned in the article and another child through a lawyer specializing in adoptions.



OA C

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Source: — Critical Reasoning |

We need to find an option that supports the fact that Ms. S will not be sued for custody of her child.

Premise: Ms. S, an adoptive mother, recently read an article about a birth father who is suing the adoptive parents for custody of his child, who had been offered up for adoption without the birth father's permission.
Conclusion: Ms. S adopted her child several years later through the same agency, but she should not be worried that her child's birth father will sue her for custody.

Option A - Incorrect
This claim cannot be verified from the passage

Option B - Incorrect
The fact that adoptive parents won 90% of the cases in the state, does not mean that the birth parent of Ms. S's child cannot sue her for the custody of the child. So, this claim is not true.

Option C - Correct
This means that the concent has been gotten from both birth parents, and as such, they cannot sue the adoptive parents for child custody

Option D - Incorrect
This is irreleveant to our concern in this passage.

Option E - Incorrect
The places where Ms. S adopted her children does not matter here.

A) The birth mother of Ms. S's child never informed the birth father that she was pregnant, so the birth father does not know of the child's existence.
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