Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    ChrissyHola's Avatar
    ChrissyHola Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
    New Member
     
    #1

    Oct 28, 2010, 07:47 PM
    Wanting to adopt my step-daughter
    I met my husband 8 years ago and he was going through a divorce in which him and his now ex wife shared a daughter. She was 2 at the time. The mother(even though they were divorcing) still lived in the same home. I will say it was about 2mths into me and my husband getting serious she moved out and across the state from where we lived. From this point we never heard from her again. My step-daughter(which I claim as my own) knows of her bio-mother because I have discussed her with my step daughter. My step daughter is now 11 and I have raised her as my own since the day her bio mother disappeared. My step-daughter told me recently that she wants me on her birth certificate and would not like to meet her Bio mother. What do you think we would have to go through for me to adopt her since the bio mother basically abandoned her and has had no contact with her since? Since her father and I married she now has 2 brothers and a sister. I would love to adopt her because she has become one of my own and I have been her parent all these years. What do we do and is it possible her mothers rights could be terminated since she has left with no contact for so many years?
    ScottGem's Avatar
    ScottGem Posts: 64,966, Reputation: 6056
    Computer Expert and Renaissance Man
     
    #2

    Oct 29, 2010, 04:13 AM

    Yes, this is all possible. But you need to hire an attorney to go through this. You have to get the bio mother's consent or at least make a good faith effort to do so. If you contact the mother and she refuses to consent, the abandonment may be enough to get her rights terminated as long as you stand ready to adopt. But this all has to be done completely within local laws. So speak to a Family Law attorney who will prepare all the paperwork and make sure all the Is are dotted and Ts crossed.

Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions

 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

Wanting to adopt my step daughter [ 1 Answers ]

I am getting married soon and my wife to be's 14 year old daughter wants me to adopt her. The father is in prison and has had very little contact over the past 12 years. Do we need his signiture or consent to go forward with the adoption?

Step daughter wants me to adopt her [ 2 Answers ]

My 14 year old step daughter wants me to adopt her. She wants nothing to do with her real mum . Does my step daughter have the right to get this done without her real mums permission

Adopt Step daughter [ 3 Answers ]

Is it possible for me to adopt my step daughter? The situation is that her MOM is on the birth certificate but does not play a role in her life. My husband has full legal custody. She pays no child support or has no communication with her. She is 4 years of age and I've been taking care of her...

How can I adopt my step daughter? [ 2 Answers ]

I'am a step-mother to my husbands little girl. Her mother is still in the picture but does not see her like she should! She is a drugy and not a good mother for her daughter. Her daughter has been abused by diff. men which are friends of the mother and her mother doesn't even care. My husband has...


View more questions Search