My wife gave birth to a child in 12/ 1998 in ohio. From what went on at that time the person that got custody of the child had my wife (not my wife at the time) [ I didn't meet my wife till 6 months after she gave birth to the child]. The person who took custody of the child had my wife sign something to the effect that she will have no contact with the child. She signed this thing about one day after delivering the child. The "dad" (not biological father) then had this thing notarized and was also submitted in the court records.

How long after delivering a child can a woman legally make a decision.

The reason I ask is that usually you go in for any surgery these days and they make you sign a form saying that the patient cannot make any legal decisions until X number of hours have passed.  The wife and I would like to find out if what she signed is any good at all or if it  is garbage  due to the fact that she was probably still under the influence of medications that soon after delivering the child.  

We also plan on getting a copy of her records while she was at the hospital (waiting on the release form from the hospital atm so we can send it back for the records.

We believe the child is in either Illinois or iowa, not too sure as the "dad" made a determined effort to keep any and all contact or information from my wife. We finally JUST were able to contact the child and the lies that jackass has told the child about my wife, well my wife and I are beginning to wonder if the child wants out from under the person who has custody currently.

I wouldn't put it past the "dad" to just up and disappear to parts unknown in the USA if we had tried to make contact earlier. Ironically we made contact with the child through facebook and the kid was so thrilled to hear that they actually have a mother, much less one that cares about how the child is and all.