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    Jan 12, 2008, 06:41 PM
    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
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    Jan 12, 2008, 06:45 PM
    You need to find an adoption attorney in your area. The bio-dad will need to relinquish parental rights in order for the adoption to take place.
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    Jan 12, 2008, 06:47 PM
    If the bio father will sign off, it will be easy, if he will not, it will be hard, a lot harder. So your first step will be an attorney and start filing motions for it.
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