Q: I am a looking to adopt my step son and strip his mother of parental rights. My fiance and I will be married in July
My son's father and I have been together since he was 1. His mother has not called or seen him since the first few months we've been together. She has missed his 2nd and 3rd birthdays. They have a custody agreement of 4,3,4 (split) but the last time in 2 years and only time she asked to see him was mother's day of last year. She didn't even contact us, her sister set up a meet. I told my husband to give her a chance because her message said she had been making a lot of "self improvements" to make this possible. We picked the meeting place (a park to be public) but they picked the date and time to meet. We took our son to that oark for almost 2 hours where she kept making excuses as to why she was late and that she was almost there. We eventually went home. She never saw him. There has been no contact since that day. No phone calls no visits. I would like to know if my husband and I can strip her rights and I can adopt him. He has called me mom since he was 1 and doesn't know her at all
A: You may be able to adopt him if the court decides she has abandoned him and that it is in the child's best interest to have you adopt him. You should retain an attorney to help you with this
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