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fandomsecrets2013-02-21 06:09 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-02-21 06:09 pm
[ SECRET POST #2242 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2242 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 022 secrets from Secret Submission Post #320.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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(Anonymous) 2013-02-23 02:22 am (UTC)(link)Here's the problem: Neal (Baelfire) has to be legally identified as the father to have any legal rights. An unmarried woman in the US can easily give her child up without the father's permission if she says she can't identify him. If the adoption process went about legally, Emma would have to state in court that she could not identify the father and explain the circumstances of her pregnancy. The judge would then terminate the father's rights.
Now Neal is obviously unaware of Henry and Mr. Gold appears to be unaware that Neal is Henry's father, meaning we can assume that Emma did NOT identify Neal as the father when she gave Henry up. Why would Mr. Gold, had he known Neal was Henry's father, not have used Henry to lure Neal to him? I think we can assume that Emma relinquished Neal's paternal rights by refusing to identify him.