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I am new to posting on this site, I have been looking for many months now but was waiting for a time like now to come.
My short story is I have two children involved they are 11 and 10 years old. Just today a permanent restraining order was granted for five years. My husband and I have been together for eight years and been married for six. The bio father pulled a horrible stunt to get my children after not seeing them for five years and that is why the judge granted the restraining order and there was previous acts of violence but that was in 2001. Now that I have this it has forced us to do what we have been needing and wanting to do for years. Our children consider my husband Daddy and have been calling my husband that since they were 2 and 3 1/2 years old.
How do I now go about doing this step parent adoption? We are to have a custody hearing in late January 2010. The bio father has a lengthy criminal record for domestic violence, dui's, and selling drugs.
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You are already on a roll with starting the step parent adoption. I would suggest to find a good attorney. My husband is adopting my son, who has been daddy to since he was 3 months old. Whild the bd is fighting us now, I don't think he will be able to do much to harm us. There has been no contact between the bd and my son since his birth. I waited this long thinking maybe bd would do something, because he filed paperwork when my son was 9 months old stating that he wanted joint custody. He dropped his paper work and never pursued it after I hired an attorney to protect my childs best interest. After geting served his paperwork, bd was upset, and contested the adoption on the claims that "he didn't know he was his." AS IF!!! He knew the entire time I was pregnant it was his. Oh well, point is...you can't control people, but you can find a good attorney to protect your best interest. Make sure to find one who handles adoptions of this type. Check their history, get to know them, they will be representing your child, you want nothing but the best.
I wish you the best of luck and will be praying that everything works out for your girls to their best interest!
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