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Hello. I am engaged to a woman who has a child. She and I are wanting to get me to have parental rights by adoption once we are married. Our daughter is a cute 2 year old girl. The birthfather hasn't paid child support and doesn't want anything to do with the child, but he is fighting this every step of the was simply because I am Mormon. I am living in Utah. I would like any advice that can be offered.
-TFK
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Hello. I am engaged to a woman who has a child. She and I are wanting to get me to have parental rights by adoption once we are married. Our daughter is a cute 2 year old girl. The birthfather hasn't paid child support and doesn't want anything to do with the child, but he is fighting this every step of the was simply because I am Mormon. I am living in Utah. I would like any advice that can be offered.
-TFK
Talk to an attorney. I live in indiana. In this state, you have 4 reasons in which consent from the bio-father is not required. BUT, he has to be notified, and can contest. 1. not paying child support for 1 year preceding filing.
2. Not having meaningfil contact when able to do so for 1 year.
3. Not having any contact, visitation, phone calls, letters for 6 months preceding the filing.
4. Father being a danger, or not in the best interst of the child to be around, i.e jail history.
Keep in mind you only need one of those reasons. Check [url=http://www.childadoptionlaws.com]Child Adoption Laws[/url] they list the laws for each state. The list is a long one and may take awhile to go thru, but should give you alot of info. Hope it helps!!
Oh, by the way, I believe at least in Indiana, you need to be married for at least 1 year before you can try.
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