Can I adopt child I've been raising for 6 years
I ve been raising my daughter for six years she has been part of my life since she was 3 I am not the biological father he came up from Florida took her back to Florida without mothers permission we had to go to court in Florida for custody the mother and I have been married for allmosr 6 yrs. She won the custody battle the father has only called to talk with the child twice in the last 5 yrs. Since we won full custody I want to adopt her we live in New York and would like for her to have my last name because she don't feel like she's a full part of the family my wife and our 4 yr. old son have my last name and she doesn't any ideas