What is the name of your state? Utah
Me and my wife just got married Feb 19th. She had a son previous to this who is now 5 months old. The father has not been in the picture and now lives in Texas. It is our desire that I would adopt him. My wife has contacted the father and he refuses to sign over rights. Now since he has not paid child support or made an attempt to even see the child I dont think it will be much issue in getting these rights. But my question is how long do we have to wait? Will we need to wait 1 year from being married or 1 year from the last time the father has had contact with the child (since this is never I would asume that would be at the childs 1st birthday)?
Me and my wife just got married Feb 19th. She had a son previous to this who is now 5 months old. The father has not been in the picture and now lives in Texas. It is our desire that I would adopt him. My wife has contacted the father and he refuses to sign over rights. Now since he has not paid child support or made an attempt to even see the child I dont think it will be much issue in getting these rights. But my question is how long do we have to wait? Will we need to wait 1 year from being married or 1 year from the last time the father has had contact with the child (since this is never I would asume that would be at the childs 1st birthday)?