Q: My ex husband and I have been divorced for 4 years we have one child together but I have a 9 year old
Who he has been raising since the age of 3. He continues to get him as his own along with our daughter every other weekend and supports him. The bio father is in jail and has been all his life and will sign his rights over. My ex husband is remarried and has been for 2 years along with 2 more children how do we go about him adopting my son to be able to change his last name to the same as his brother and sisters?
A: It is no longer an intra family adoption. It can still be done as a private adoption and the bio Dad's rights will have to be terminated
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