Wanting advice on how to go about how my partner can adopt my 10month old daughter.?

Question

She has no contact with her father, and I have never stopped him.

He doesn't support her at all and never has. I just want to know if at all my current partner can adopt her at all.

He is all she knows as a father as he has been there since she has been born.

Answer 1

Find out who must consent to the adoption in your state, which can be found in the following guide:

http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/l...

or check the web site:  http://www.childwelfare.gov

Also, you can check with a family law attorney in your state. Many attorney's will meet with you for an hour at no cost. Or try your local courthouse and see if they have a "family law night". These free or low cost workshops often have attorneys present to assist people with filling out their own legal paper work.

Please keep a copy of your child's original birth certificate to give her one day when she grows up. Depending on the state she was born in, she will most likely not be allowed to obtain a copy of her original birth certificate once the adoption is final. Also, be prepared to give her that information one day.  It doesn't mean she loves her daddy any less. No one will replace him.  It's normal for many children to be curious about their (missing) bio. parent.  

Best wishes to you & your family!

Answer 2

Well, you have to start by getting married.  While there is no official timeline in mos states for stepparent adoptions, many judges will not approve the adoption unless the parents have been married at least a year. There are exceptions especially when the 'stepparent' is actually the biological father, but that's a different matter all together.

Once you get married, you get a lawyer who will do up the paperwork for the biological father to sign off on, giving up his parental rights.

Answer 3

You will need to have her father's parental right terminated. Maybe he will provide the signature and make it go faster. If he's not on the birth certificate you can put an ad in the newspaper asking that the father come forward, after so long, his rights can automatically be terminated, but if he's on the certificate you will have to go through the legal process. There can only be 1 daddy legally, so Id speak with an attorney, you'll probably have to get one any ways, so you know the exact steps for your state.