Q: My husband is wanting to adopt my 5 y/o daughter. How do we go about getting it started?
Her biological father hasn't seen her since 2016 and has not had any contact with her since June 2017. He doesn't pay his child support regularly. He lives in California with his fiance and her 2 children. He will not in any way communicate with me regarding our child. My husband has been in my daughters life since 2014. She was about to turn 2 when he first met her and he is the only daddy she really knows. She does not acknowledge her biological father as her daddy.
A: Your husband can still file for a stepparent adoption. Just make sure you have good contact information for the father so that you can get him served. If you told him it would eliminate his child support obligation, I bet he would be more agreeable to signing uncontested papers. This would save you a lot of money in attorney's fees as well.
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