Benjamin Wyrembek had a brief affair with a married woman. She became pregnant in 2007 and, along with her husband, decided to place the child for adoption. Wyrembek timely filed his claim of paternity with the Ohio Putative Father Registry and brought suit in juvenile court in December, 2007 to establish paternity. In January, 2008, the adoptive parents, Jason and Christy Vaughn, filed their suit to adopt the child.

October 7, 2010, the Supreme court of Ohio decided in favor of Benjamin Wyrembek and on October 30 Grayson was given to his father.

20-year-old man of Coeur d'Alene, ID, contests the adoption of his son through LDS Family Services.

Ty or Tyler Wesley Knight aka "Baby Harvey" was born two weeks early. Child's mother Camnie Knight did not contact the father Matt Tenneson, and his family, as she had promised when she went to the hospital to deliver. On July 2nd, four days before the scheduled due date, the Tenneson family contacted Ms Knight only to learn that Tyler was already with a Utah family, Jed and Cally Nielson. The found a lawyer the next day and filed suit on July 5th.

Cammie had arranged an open adoption through LDS Family Serivces since she was Mormon. The adoption has not been finalized.

Carkhuff and 20-year-old Esther Jones had a month-long relationship that ended shortly after she discovered she was pregnant in December 2006. While Carkhuff said he wanted to raise the child, Jones believed she wasn’t ready for the responsibility and decided to give the baby up for adoption. Now, with the child nearly 5 months old, the Bend man is fighting the law designed to protect adoption rights, but which he believes has wrongly cut off his parental rights.

17-year-old man upon finding out out that his girlfriend was pregnant said he decided he wanted to take responsibility and care for his child. The mother of the child decided differently and surrendered her parental rights to a Florida couple.

On February 24, 2009 a judge ordered joint custody of the child to Rashad and the mother of the child.

23-year-old Arizona man discovered that his former fiancée was pregnant just three weeks before the baby was due, when an adoption-agency lawyer called and asked if he would consent to have his baby adopted. Despite the fact he didn't consent he lost his parental rights because of his failure to file with a state registry for unwed fathers — something he learned of only after it was too late.

Shawn McDonald is the biological father to Michael-Hunter, and was not aware of his son until two days before he was born.

Hunter was given up for adoption through LDS Family Services by his mother, without Shawn's consent. The baby was taken to Idaho and given to an LDS couple there, whom Shawn has been fighting in court.

19-year-old man registered with Wyoming's Putative Father Registry in 2006, within that state's time limits after finding out he was to become a father. O'Dea's unborn child's mother moved to Utah, and because she told him that she had done so, the state mandates he comply with Utah's laws within 20 days of being notified. He didn't register in Utah in time and the child was placed for adoption.

Father of a child whose mother had not informed him contests the adoption of his child.

Osborne is a North Carolina resident. He began a relationship with Angela Baker, also a North Carolina resident, in November 2000. In December 2000, Baker became pregnant.

During her pregnancy, Osborne and Baker cohabited at Osborne's home in North Carolina. While Baker was living with Osborne, she informed him that she had contacted an adoption agency in Utah to inquire about placing the child for adoption upon its birth. Osborne expressed disapproval with that idea, and as a result, Baker assured Osborne that she would not place the child for adoption.

In early August 2001, Baker left Osborne's home and traveled to Utah with the intent to give birth and to place the child for adoption. On August 6, 2001, labor was induced and Baker delivered the child. That same day, she called Osborne and informed him that she had borne a son, that she had decided not to place the child for adoption in Utah, and that she was returning to North Carolina with the child.

Upon returning to North Carolina, Baker lived with her mother for a week and then moved back in with Osborne. However, by December 10, 2001, she once again moved out of Osborne's home. During this period of cohabitation, Osborne attempted on two occasions to convince Baker to execute a voluntary declaration of paternity. She refused to do so.

In early January 2002, Baker again informed Osborne that she intended to return to Utah and place the child for adoption, which she did. On January 4, 2002, Baker relinquished her parental rights to Adoption Center of Choice, Inc. ("Adoption Center"), a Utah adoption agency with its principal office located in Orem, Utah, so that the child could be placed for adoption. Shortly thereafter, Baker's husband also formally relinquished any parental rights regarding the child and consented to the child's placement for adoption with Adoption Center. Adoption Center then placed the child with a couple but retained legal custody of and responsibility for the child, pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 78-30-4.22 (2002), pending the finalization of the adoption.

On February 11, 2002, Osborne filed a paternity and custody action in North Carolina.

Christopher Vietri was the biological father of Sam. He was told the baby was still born, shortly after the mother had placed the child for adoption. Vietri sought custody of the boy. A settlement was eventually reached where Vietri was allowed four supervised visits per year. He was required to pay $200 a month in child support.