dianaeleni
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Illinois
My husband and I were trying to handle his stepparent adoption of my 12 year old daughter on our own. We paid a company to fill out the necessary paperwork to file ourselves and I made contact with my daughter`s biological father to arrange him signing the parents to terminate his rights, because that was what I was informed I had to do before trying to post in the local newspaper. All was moving forward, I dropped the the papers off at his parents house because no one wants me to know where he lives (he may live there, not sure)...well he went from saying he would sign, to stalling, to not responding. I`m ready to move on and file but the paperwork is confusing. I can either file with his paper`s signing over rights or file with paperwork stating the biological father is missing? Well that`s not the case either so I`m confused with what to do. I was hoping not to waste a dime on terminating his parental rights with an attorney because 1. He`s not listed on the birth certificate 2. He has never paid child support 3. He has not seen or spoken my daughter in over 5 years and did not have an ongoing relationship with her at any point in her life. Any help would be great!
Thanks,
Diana
My husband and I were trying to handle his stepparent adoption of my 12 year old daughter on our own. We paid a company to fill out the necessary paperwork to file ourselves and I made contact with my daughter`s biological father to arrange him signing the parents to terminate his rights, because that was what I was informed I had to do before trying to post in the local newspaper. All was moving forward, I dropped the the papers off at his parents house because no one wants me to know where he lives (he may live there, not sure)...well he went from saying he would sign, to stalling, to not responding. I`m ready to move on and file but the paperwork is confusing. I can either file with his paper`s signing over rights or file with paperwork stating the biological father is missing? Well that`s not the case either so I`m confused with what to do. I was hoping not to waste a dime on terminating his parental rights with an attorney because 1. He`s not listed on the birth certificate 2. He has never paid child support 3. He has not seen or spoken my daughter in over 5 years and did not have an ongoing relationship with her at any point in her life. Any help would be great!
Thanks,
Diana