Very complicated....

[confused00]

I live in Georgia. I have a very complicated situation. I broke up with my ex bf right before i found out i was pregnant. i started dating another guy who accepted the child as his own. He was there from the beginning. We got married before the baby was born He signed the birth certificate and everything. After the baby was a year old i wanted my husband to take a paternity test just to be absolutely sure and it said that my husband was not her father. I called her biological dad (my ex bf) and explained everything. He has since changed his phone number, and i do not know how to get a hold of him. I need to know if it is necessary for the biological father to sign away his rights and for my husband to adopt my daughter or if since the biological father has never been in the picture, would my husband be considered her father if anything should happen to me. And also, if we need to find the biological father, get him to sign away his rights and get my husband to adopt her, How do i begin to do all that?

[brisgirl825]

Since you and your husband were married at the time of birth and he signed all the necessary paperwork at the hospital, he is your child's father. He will continue to be until paternity is DISestablished by you, your hubby, or BD. However the longer you are married and the child grows up to believing that your hubby is dad, the lower the chances of you, your husband, or bio-dad, being able to DISestablish paternity.

[confused00]

So i don't have to get the biological father to do anything? we can go on living like my husband IS the biological father?

[brisgirl825]

Originally Posted by confused00

So i don't have to get the biological father to do anything? we can go on living like my husband IS the biological father?

Yes, that is exactly right.