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My husband and I are starting the process to adopt. My husband has an 11 year old dtr from a previous marriage. His relationship with his ex-wife is not good. There is a lot of bad blood, but he has a good relationship with his daughter. There has been a history with the ex contacting family members, employers, and congregation members with accusations about our family for various reasons (mainly just to keep a little drama going, I think). I'm concerned that she may try to interfere with us adopting. Could she succeed? Any time she has made accusations against our family they have been proven false both in a social/secular setting as well as by the courts. Thank you for any insight!
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You will need to discuss this with your social worker. If any of her allegations involved the police or court system you will need to disclose that. You just never know what could show up on your background check. The SW will probably have questions about your step daughters opinion and reaction to the adoption. Her mom could poison her relationship and the SW will want to know if you have a plan in place to handle that.
Good Luck!
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