Here's another piece about putative father registries. Putative father registries are clever little devices designed by state legislatures to avoid notifying single fathers when their children are about to be adopted. That way adoptions proceed more smoothly without the inconvenience of a father asserting his parental rights. Basically, a single man must file a form with the state claiming paternity of any child he believes may be his. He has to do so within a certain time frame, usually wit