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Cherish1869
Jul 24, 2007, 09:20 AM
My 4 month old son has no father on his birth certificate and the father said he would sign over his rights. If I have a document that I print up for him to sign over his rights and have it notarized then can that be good enough instead of going to a lawyer? Then I am getting married and can he adopt him at such time? What do I have to do?? HELP!!

s_cianci
Jul 29, 2007, 03:28 PM
You'll want a lawyer to draft a motion to adopt. You, the biological father, your husband and the judge all have to sign it, at which point it becomes legal and binding. That will relieve the biological father of having to make any further support payments, but he'll still be legally liable for the $15,000 arrearage that has already accrued.

s_cianci
Jul 29, 2007, 03:30 PM
My 4 month old son has no father on his birth certificate and the father said he would sign over his rights. If I have a document that I print up for him to sign over his rights and have it notarized then can that be good enough instead of going to a lawyer? Then I am getting married and can he adopt him at such time? What do I have to do???HELP!!!
It might be, but to be on the safe side I'd get a lawyer to do it for you. This seems like a fairly cut-and-dry case, so having a lawyer shouldn't cost you an inordinate amount of money, perhaps $1000 or so at most.