I'm wondering how I can go about having the father of my 9 yr. old daughter voluntarily give up his parental rights. He has never had any contact with her and is currently in jail for not paying child support, he is about $15,000 behind. Is there a way for my husband of two years to adopt her? He is the father she never had and really wants this to happen. Do we need to have a lawyer to do a voluntary termination or can we do that ourselves and where would I go to do this?

Since of course if he gives up his rights so you can adopt that stops his child support, so he should be happy to sign as fast as he can.
Get an attorney,