Long story short, I adopted a child but have come to regret it. I don't have any saves left from before the adoption, so reloading isn't an option. Is there anyway to get rid of the child?

Nope, you are stuck with them forever. And in the game.

Like real life, you must live with your choices and take responsibility for your action.
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all kidding aside, I am pretty sure you have to unistall the Hearth pack.... but that is just my theory.

Why did you regret it? All the children seem pretty much the same. Like husbands/wives you can always just move them to some house you are never going to visit and just ignore them. If you are desperate to start again and have no save game you could try uninstalling Hearthfire, and saving. Will not guarantee that will not cause bugs though, and you will lose everything and have to start building all over again, so remove all your stuff from the houses first.
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1410469-you-can-rebuild-your-houses/

Always do a save before installing DLC and keep it. Then if you want to do it again for that character you always have that option.

Un-adopting a child. I think that might be the most messed up think I've heard of in a while.
Game wise I think your stuck with them.

Take them to the grocery store and leave

Use the revenant spell and make the child disappear.

I came into to this thread to say "Reload your save", so I'm just going to be Captain Hindsight, and say "Always keep an extra save".

Also aren't all the kids basically the same?

If Bethesda didn't add in divorce, it's a safe bet they wouldn't have added un-adoption.

But if you have two houses, I think you can just spend your time in the other. Deadbeat dad in Skyrim...

maybe buy a house you have no plan of living in and telling the kid to live there, never go into the house and you'll never see them

Bring the kid to the Sacellum of Boethiah.

Resurrect their original parents.

Duh.

Take him dragon hunting, then when the dragon comes, run away ??
I don't think that would actually work, but it would
Be cool lol.

Run away from that house and move to another one, your wife and children will never find you when you have run away from your family.

I wonder if that would work.

I don't think you can get a child to follow you.

"Hey son. Well, when I say son, you aren't really my son are you?"
"What do you mean daddy?"
"Well I found you starving on the streets, sick from cholera and one day away from death"
"Yes daddy, you saved me! I love you so much!"
"Well about that... It's kinda freaking me out a bit. I like killing things, dragons, wolves, bandits, innocent people who have a hat I want. Having you here when I come home from random murders is, well it's kind of off putting."
"Why daddy?"
"Because boy, you have the essential flag and I can't get rid of you like I did my wife"
"You said mummy went away to see her sister"
"Technically that's true, I killed her sister as well"
"Sob, so what are you saying daddy?"
"Well I'm saying, and don't call me daddy, I'm saying I want to put you back where I found you"
"Sob, wail, cries"
"But you'll still officially be my son and I can't be having that. You might want the house or my sword when you grow up"
"uncontrollable crying"
"Hmm, I wonder if they know on the Beth forums how to disown you?"

Funny. Appalling, but funny.

A.G.Randad: Get away from me!

Child: please dad I love you

hahhahaha

This thread is funny on so many levels... I just wish I knew the REAL reason why he doesnt want the child anymore.

Child: "LOVE ME!"
TS: "NEVER, GET AWAY FROM ME.. IM NOT TAKING CARE OF YOU! I REALLY DISLIKE YOUR MUG"

What did you expect when you adopted him? your own personal pancake maker? Momma's lil helper?

Be nice to the child TS, all he wants his a warm home and some of your love.. put down that hard shell, and embrace him as your son, heathen!

I'm going to be the first in this thread to beg for your reconsideration! He needs your protection. Reconsider. *serious look*

Only way I've heard of is uninstalling Hearthfire, loading your save, and creating a new save. This, however, also deletes your houses and everything in them and can make your game very buggy. So it's not advisable.

EDIT- I've also been hearing that doing so removes your stewards from the game. Though, whether or not this is true I have no idea.

Chuck E. Cheese would be a better venue.

[starts drafting a skeever-themed children's arcade thread]

Awesome.

EDIT: There should be an option to drop them off at the orphenage.

Then one day, when you're an old/fat/lazy adventurer, just wandering around drinking mead and eating sweet rolls, reading The Lusty Argonian Maid "image edition" all day, you step out of the house and some guy comes to you and says: "Remember me, pa?", and performs a nice finisher/decapitation with a Daedric Sword. Your head slowly rolls down the hill and stops near the river bank, screen turns black: FIN.

QUOTE: There should be an option to drop them off at the orphenage.

Well, there is. Just reload your game and the child's back at Honorhall/begging in the streets of Whiterun/mucking out smelly stables outside Solitude.

QUOTE: Then one day, when you're an old/fat/lazy adventurer, just wandering around drinking mead and eating sweet rolls, reading The Lusty Argonian Maid "image edition" all day, you step out of the house and some guy comes to you and says: "Remember me, pa?", and performs a nice finisher/decapitation with a Daedric Sword. Your head slowly rolls down the hill and stops near the river bank, screen turns black: FIN.

Esburn said it best: "Justice is hard... but it's still justice."

Just move em out. Buy another house, build a child's room addon, then tell them you're moving there. They'll say "Great, I'll meet you there." When they've gone lock the door and turn the lights off and pretend you're not home.

You never know what topic you will find when visiting the Beth forum.