Adoption of a step child in Georgia
I have a 8 year old son. My husband would like to adopt him. My problem is, I'm not sure what to do. My son's father left when my son was 18 months old... he made a few feeble attempts to see him till he was 2. Then he moved out of the state. I have not seen, heard from or received support from him in 6 years. We were never married but my son has his father's last name and his father is on the BC.
I have no idea where he is. He may be in 1 of 2 states that I know he has/had family in.. but I'm just not sure. The last place I know for sure where he lived was here in GA because I don't know where he moved to.
So my question would be... is this something I can file for pro se'? If so, what papers would I need to file? Do I need to an announcement in a newspaper or can I just file? How difficult of a process is this going to be?
Thanks in advance for your advice. Let me know if you need more information.