Trying to find out how to terminate parental rights
I live in Alaska and the child support order for my daughter is in Washington state. Her "sperm donor" only pays child support when he gets off his but and gets a job which is almost never. He is over 9,000$ in debt. He has no visitation rights or anything. He has never seen my daughter EVER! (or wanted anything to do with her) When I filed for child support I said I never wanted him to have anything to do with her and he did not contest it. I am now married (have been for 3 1/2 years) and want to just get him out of the picture for good. I don't even want his money.. back child support maybe but if getting him to sign his rights away means I have to forgo that then fine. My husband wants to adopt my daughter and I want her last name changed to my married name. How do I do all of this? Do I have to file in Washington State Courts or do I file in Alaska? And what do I file? Where do I start? I know I should probably hire a lawyer but we are in the military and we can't really afford one. Any advice would help. Thank you