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| - Loved the doctor and the nurse, but the office policy discriminates against adoptive families. If they find out that your child is adopted, they make you provide proof of the adoption. They won't take your word for it that you are the rightful parent, as they do for biological parents. Here is what happened:
I took my daughter in, and the doctor and nurse were wonderful. I was thinking of switching to this office for myself, because they were just that good!!
Then we checked out. As we were leaving, the woman at the front desk called me aside, and led me to another room. My daughter stood in the doorway. She asked me if I was "the" father. I said I was one of the fathers, and that Justice is adopted:
Woman: I need some kind of authorization from the biological father that you had permission to bring Justice here today.
Me: We don't know who that is (and I should have added that even if we did know, he has no rights...but I didn't think of that until now).
Woman: Then I need some kind of proof that you had the authority to bring her here today.
Me: Do you mean the adoption decree from 3 years ago?
Woman, yes, that would work.
I should have just walked out, but I happened to have it with me, and I gave it to her. She did this right in front of my daughter.
When I called to complain, the office manager was defensive. They only apology I got was "I'm sorry our policy made you feel uncomfortable." I explained all the other mistakes they made, such as embarrassing me in front of my child, but she didn't apologize for that.
I'm completely baffled as to why the woman asked for the biological father's signature over mine, especially since birth parents lose parental rights BEFORE the child is adopted. They really view adoptive parents as untrustworthy.
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