I have a 10 year old and an 8 year old from a previous relationship. I lived in Indiana up until about 4 years ago - I moved to GA. I have been married for 7 years to a man who in that 7 years has raised my children like his own. Prior to moving to GA my child's biological father saw the 2 children every other weekend as ordered in the child support and visitation. He saw them about 3 more times in the year following my move. Child support was paid during that time as well. In the past 3 years child support has been very sporadic... I received it at one time from unemployment checks (about 6 payments) and then when the system caught up with him for about another 5 checks (this was a few months ago.) Then he mysteriously quit that job... The last time that the kids saw him was over 2 years ago. The last time that they spoke to him on the phone was April 28, 2007... and he promised that he would call again and never did. Now the holidays are approaching and he has called (I did not answer) I want to know what are my rights as far as his abandonment. Him not calling, not seeing them and lack of support as I understand it is abandonment! Am I obligated to let him just pick up in their lives again and call just this once and not anymore? I am always the one that is left picking up the pieces of their broken hearts after he makes promises. It hurts them and me I would love to just be done with the situation... I would love for my husband to adopt the girls but I don't think that the father would go for that - just to be spiteful! Can I get the courts to push it through anyway - since he has abandoned them? Is there a do it yourself way to fill out adoption forms... as I do not have the money required to go through with the adoption?