Q: Husband wants to adopt my son 13y. Father is in Mexico, he never met him/doesn't appear in birth cert what should I do?
I have never seen the father after my son was born (he didn't try to contact us, although I tried a couple of times to connect them, when my son was a baby and when my son was 2-3 years). He really doesn't care about my son and I don't think he will ever do it. I have never ask him for anything, not money/food/clothes. I don't understand why now I need to search again for him (spend in a detective), pretty much ask him to accept that he is the biological father and that he voluntary relinquish his parental rights. is there another way? This process doesn't make sense to me.
A: By law, the biological father must be notified that his rights will be terminated in order for your husband to adopt your son. However, if you truly don't know where he is, there are steps that can be taken to demonstrate this to the court without the need to hire an investigator. You should have a private consultation with a local attorney experienced in adoption law to determine what proof of your attempt to locate him will likely be acceptable to your court to allow the termination of his parental rights.
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