What is the name of your state? Georgia
I just moved to Georgia from Maryland in May 2007 I have a 13y/o daughter, my ex-husband hasn't seen her in six years or paid child support for that long. He usually calls once a year on Christmas which he hadn't done the last two years until he heard that I was moving, he called in March for her birthday. I have had problems with the courts in MD and now they are dismissing my child support case because they have been unable to find him for the last five years. I talked to an attorney in MD about my current husband adopting her and he basically told me it is a lost cause. Unless the parent is totally unfit the courts in Maryland will not terminate his rights. I am wondering how much the laws differ in GA. Has any been in similiar situations in GA. I also wanted to change her last name. I know that Georgia has an abandonment law, but I didn't know if I could use it since I just moved here and the name change forms don't tell me what to do in that situation. I don't know where he lives, I know it is in Baltimore, Maryland. His grandmother is the only person that I have contact info for and she stopped taking my calls when I told her that I wanted my husband to adopt my daughter, so now I have no contact with his family.
I just moved to Georgia from Maryland in May 2007 I have a 13y/o daughter, my ex-husband hasn't seen her in six years or paid child support for that long. He usually calls once a year on Christmas which he hadn't done the last two years until he heard that I was moving, he called in March for her birthday. I have had problems with the courts in MD and now they are dismissing my child support case because they have been unable to find him for the last five years. I talked to an attorney in MD about my current husband adopting her and he basically told me it is a lost cause. Unless the parent is totally unfit the courts in Maryland will not terminate his rights. I am wondering how much the laws differ in GA. Has any been in similiar situations in GA. I also wanted to change her last name. I know that Georgia has an abandonment law, but I didn't know if I could use it since I just moved here and the name change forms don't tell me what to do in that situation. I don't know where he lives, I know it is in Baltimore, Maryland. His grandmother is the only person that I have contact info for and she stopped taking my calls when I told her that I wanted my husband to adopt my daughter, so now I have no contact with his family.