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EmBoydSuter
Jul 16, 2009, 09:35 AM
My name is Emily, I have a 7 yr old daughter and her father has had no contact of any kind for almost 6 years. I married over a year ago and my husband and I have talked about the possibility of him adopting her. She has asked him before why he doesn't. However, I am unsure of the process of contacting her biological father, we would preffer not to cantact him at all, but I believe there is a window that you have to allow for the other party to respond, do you know what that process is in the stat of TN.

Synnen
Jul 16, 2009, 09:47 AM
Whether he is exercising his parental rights, the biological father still has them.

You need to get a family law attorney to walk you through the process of attempting to contact the biological father. If it is NOT done correctly, the adoption can be overturned at a later date.