✅    REVOCATION PERIOD: 5 BUSINESS DAYS    ✅

In Alabama, you have 5 business days after signing consent to change your mind for any reason. This is a significant protection for birth parents.

During this 5-business-day period, you can simply file a written statement revoking your consent and requesting the return of your child. You do not need to prove fraud or duress.

Your child must be immediately returned to you if you revoke within this 5-business-day period.

✅    REVOCATION PERIOD: 10 DAYS    ✅

In Alaska, you have 10 days after signing consent to change your mind for any reason. This is a significant protection for birth parents.

During this 10 day period, you can simply file a written statement revoking your consent and requesting the return of your child. You do not need to prove fraud or duress.

Your child must be immediately returned to you if you revoke within this 10 day period.

🚫    NO REVOCATION PERIOD    🚫

In Arizona, once you sign a consent to adopt, that consent is considered final and irrevocable—unless it was obtained by fraud, duress, or undue influence. There is no state-mandated period during which you can revoke your consent.

This means that even if circumstances change or you later feel that you were pressured or misinformed at the time of your signed consent, the decision cannot be undone. In the case of fraud, duress, or undue influence, you'd have an exceptionally high legal hurdle to clear as courts overwhelmingly favor private infant adoptions over your rights.

✅ REVOCATION PERIOD: 10 DAYS (or 5 if waiver elected) ✅

In Arkansas, you have 10 calendar days after signing your consent to adopt (or 5 days if you elect to waive the full period) to change your mind for any reason.

During this period, you can file an affidavit with the probate division clerk of the designated circuit court to revoke your consent. If the period ends on a weekend or legal holiday, you may file on the next working day.

If you revoke your consent before a decree of adoption is entered, the adoption process is halted, and custody will revert, pending any necessary court orders for the child’s safety.

✅ REVOCATION PERIOD: 30 DAYS FOR ANY REASON ✅

In California, you have 30 days after signing consent to change your mind for any reason. This is a significant protection for birth parents.

During this 30-day period, you can simply file a written statement revoking your consent and requesting the return of your child. You do not need to prove fraud or duress.

Your child must be immediately returned to you if you revoke within this 30-day period.

🚫    REVOCATION PERIOD: EXTREMELY LIMITED    🚫

In Colorado, once you sign a relinquishment order, it is final and irrevocable, unless you can prove fraud or duress in court.

You have 91 days from the date of signing to challenge your consent, but you must provide clear and convincing evidence that you were coerced or misled. Courts overwhelmingly favor private infant adoptions, making this an exceptionally high legal hurdle.

🚫    NO REVOCATION PERIOD    🚫

In Connecticut, once you sign the Consent to Adoption—the legal document through which you permanently terminate your parental rights—it is final and irrevocable. There is no state-mandated period during which you can revoke your consent.

This means that even if circumstances change or you later feel that you were pressured or misinformed at the time of signing, the decision cannot be undone.

✅ REVOCATION PERIOD: 14 CALENDAR DAYS ✅

In the District of Columbia, you have 14 calendar days after signing your relinquishment of parental rights to change your mind for any reason.

To revoke your consent, you must submit a verified writing to the agency handling your adoption. If the 14th day falls on a weekend or legal holiday, the deadline extends to the next working day.

No relinquishment is considered final until this revocation period has expired with no revocation being made. The law specifies that automatic revocation can be exercised only once.

🚫 NO REVOCATION PERIOD 🚫

In Delaware, once you sign the legal document through which you permanently terminate your parental rights—it is final and irrevocable. There is no state-mandated period during which you can revoke your consent.

This means that even if circumstances change or you later feel that you were pressured or misinformed at the time of signing, the decision cannot be undone unless a court determines it was obtained through fraud or duress.

That said, some agencies may tell you that you have 60 days to change your mind. This is often used as a way to reassure you into signing quickly. But what they don’t explain is that this so-called “revocation period” is not automatic. In Indiana, you can only ask the court to withdraw your consent within 60 days—and only if you can prove it wasn’t given voluntarily or that revoking it is in your child’s best interest.

In practice, that’s a high legal bar. Most birth parents who try are denied. Courts are typically inclined to preserve the adoption once it’s in motion. So while it may sound like you have time to reconsider, what you’re really being offered is a false sense of security. Don’t rush. You have the right to pause, ask questions, and fully understand the consequences—before you sign anything

🚫 NO REVOCATION PERIOD 🚫

In Florida, once you sign the Consent to Adoption—the legal document through which you permanently terminate your parental rights—it is final and irrevocable. There is no state-mandated period during which you can revoke your consent.

This means that even if circumstances change or you later feel that you were pressured or misinformed at the time of signing, the decision cannot be undone unless a court determines it was obtained through fraud or duress.

✅    REVOCATION PERIOD: 4 DAYS    ✅

In Georgia, you have 4 days after signing consent to change your mind for any reason. This is a significant protection for birth parents.

The revocation must be done in writing, and delivered in person or by registered mail or statutory overnight delivery. You do not need to prove fraud or duress.

The four-day period is consecutive, starting the day after the surrender is signed.

If day 4 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.

Your child must be immediately returned to you if you revoke within this 4 day period.

🚫 NO REVOCATION PERIOD 🚫

In Hawaii, once you sign the legal document through which you permanently terminate your parental rights—it is final and irrevocable. There is no state-mandated period during which you can revoke your consent.

This means that even if circumstances change or you later feel that you were pressured or misinformed at the time of signing, the decision cannot be undone unless a court determines it was obtained through fraud or duress.

🚫 NO REVOCATION PERIOD 🚫

In Idaho, once you sign the legal document through which you permanently terminate your parental rights—it is final and irrevocable. There is no state-mandated period during which you can revoke your consent.

This means that even if circumstances change or you later feel that you were pressured or misinformed at the time of signing, the decision cannot be undone unless a court determines it was obtained through fraud or duress.

🚫 NO REVOCATION PERIOD 🚫

In Illinois, once you sign the legal document through which you permanently terminate your parental rights—it is final and irrevocable. There is no state-mandated period during which you can revoke your consent.

This means that even if circumstances change or you later feel that you were pressured or misinformed at the time of signing, the decision cannot be undone unless a court determines it was obtained through fraud or duress.

All of that said, you are not allowed to sign your rights away until at least 72 hours have passed after the birth of your child. This is a minimum so you are encouraged to take as long as you need to in order to make sure you want to sign even if you're being pressured by agency or pre-adoptive parents. The best place for your baby while you decide is with you no matter what anyone tells you.

🚫 NO REVOCATION PERIOD 🚫

In Indiana, once you sign the legal document through which you permanently terminate your parental rights—it is final and irrevocable. There is no state-mandated period during which you can revoke your consent.

This means that even if circumstances change or you later feel that you were pressured or misinformed at the time of signing, the decision cannot be undone unless a court determines it was obtained through fraud or duress.

That said, some agencies may tell you that you have 30 days to change your mind. This is often used as a way to reassure you into signing quickly. But what they don’t explain is that this so-called “revocation period” is not automatic. In Indiana, you can only ask the court to withdraw your consent within 30 days—and only if you can prove it wasn’t given voluntarily or that revoking it is in your child’s best interest.

In practice, that’s a high legal bar. Most birth parents who try are denied. Courts are typically inclined to preserve the adoption once it’s in motion. So while it may sound like you have time to reconsider, what you’re really being offered is a false sense of security. Don’t rush. You have the right to pause, ask questions, and fully understand the consequences—before you sign anything.

✅    REVOCATION PERIOD: 96 HOURS    ✅

In Iowa, you have 96 hours after signing consent to change your mind for any reason. This is a significant protection for birth parents.

During this 96 hour period, you can simply file a written statement revoking your consent and requesting the return of your child. You do not need to prove fraud or duress.

Your child must be immediately returned to you if you revoke within this 96 hour period.

🚫 NO REVOCATION PERIOD 🚫

In Kansas, once you sign the legal document through which you permanently terminate your parental rights—it is final and irrevocable. There is no state-mandated period during which you can revoke your consent.

This means that even if circumstances change or you later feel that you were pressured or misinformed at the time of signing, the decision cannot be undone unless a court determines it was obtained through fraud or duress.

All of that said, you are not allowed to sign your rights away until at least 12 hours have passed after the birth of your child. This is a minimum so you are encouraged to take as long as you need to in order to make sure you want to sign even if you're being pressured by agency or pre-adoptive parents. The best place for your baby while you decide is with you no matter what anyone tells you.

✅    REVOCATION PERIOD: 20 DAYS    ✅

In Kentucky, you have 20 days after signing consent to change your mind for any reason. This is a significant protection for birth parents.

During this 20 day period, you can simply file a written statement revoking your consent and requesting the return of your child. You do not need to prove fraud or duress.

Your child must be immediately returned to you if you revoke within this 20 day period.

🚫 NO REVOCATION PERIOD 🚫

In Louisiana, once you sign the legal document through which you permanently terminate your parental rights—it is final and irrevocable. There is no state-mandated period during which you can revoke your consent.

This means that even if circumstances change or you later feel that you were pressured or misinformed at the time of signing, the decision cannot be undone unless a court determines it was obtained through fraud or duress.

All of that said, you are not allowed to sign your rights away until at least 5 days have passed after the birth of your child. This is a minimum so you are encouraged to take as long as you need to in order to make sure you want to sign even if you're being pressured by agency or pre-adoptive parents. The best place for your baby while you decide is with you no matter what anyone tells you.

✅    REVOCATION PERIOD: 5 DAYS    ✅

In Maine, you have 5 days after signing consent to change your mind for any reason. This is a significant protection for birth parents.

State law also requires that you wait a minimum of 72 hours after birth before you are allowed to sign consent in the first place. This 72 hours is a minimum so you can take as long as you'd like before signing.

During the 5 day period after you've signed, you can simply file a written statement revoking your consent and requesting the return of your child. You do not need to prove fraud or duress.

Your child must be immediately returned to you if you revoke within this 5 day period.