Am I able to Adopt my ex boyfriends son? Me and my ex have a daughter together and he has a son from a previous relationship. I have been in his sons life since he was 5 months old, he is 7 now. Me and my ex boyfriend have a great friendship. His sons biological mother has not seen him since he was 1 years old. She gave him to my ex at 1 years of age saying she couldn't afford to take care of him. Has never tried to contact him since, I found out she has 4 other children now. Mainly if something ever happends to my ex boyfriend I don't feel his biological mother should still have the rights to him. If something ever happens to my ex boyfriend I feel he should be with his sister who he does know and loves very much. He has actually been calling me mom since he started talking. A year ago he was told about his biological mother and how I'm not his biolocial mother and he said he didn't care that he still wanted to call me mom. His biological mother shouldn't even be on his birth certificate. I am the one who takes care of him even though his dad and I are not together. I pick him up on weekends and take him places, I buy a lot of his clothes and shoes. I don't mean adopting to where he has to live with me. He should live with his father but I want rights to him if anything should ever happen to his dad.

Legally, ( and this is the legal forum) the bio mother should be on the birth certificate, since she is the mother.

What is the current legal status of the child, I will assume your ex boyfriend has legal and physcial custody though the court.

Next you did not say where you are at, but the term ex just shuts the doors, most places will require you to be married, an married about a year. The rest will need to be shown a long term relationship, not a ex.

So basically no you can not adopt.