Sunday, December 11, 2011

HOW CAN MY HUSBAND ADOPT MY SON?

QUESTION: My son is 3 and his biological father has not wanted anything to do with him in two years. My son only knows my husband as his father. My husband wants to adopt him. Is it possible to have it done or not?

MY RESPONSE: If biodad consents to the adoption, his parental rights can be terminated and your husband can adopt your son. If biodad does not consent to the adoption, his parental rights can be terminated for the purposes of the adoption only if biodad has neither provided any child support for your son nor contacted your son for over one year. If both of those conditions are satisfied, the adoption court will most likely terminate biodad's parental rights and allow the adoption, assuming that the adoption social worker's adoption report recommends the adoption.


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