Q: My Sons from a previous marriage are 20 and 21. My spouse of 4 years wants to adopt them can this be done?
Of course he is their step father but we are wanting the boys to have their step fathers ( and my) last name. A big reason being, their biological father was a monster when they were kids , he sits in prison now and the boys want nothing to do with him and definitely do not want to pass their fathers biological last name down if they were to have sons. We all wish to have my husbands last name as we are all close. The boys do not live with me, we all reside in Illinois. My husband and I have a daughter and we wish for all our children to have the same last name ( even though the boys are adults) and also for kinmanship reasons as well. Do we have to terminate their biological fathers rights, being that the boys are adults?
A:
Adult adoptions are allowed.
They can also get their names legally changed. That is a much easier process.
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