Arkansas
I’m currently in the process of adopting my step son, who i’ve been a full time stay at home mom for a year and a half. I just want to know how likely it is that the adoption could be successful. I have an attorney, but am just interested in other opinions. The biological mother has supervised visits for psychically a using him, and has had supervised visits for over a year. She’s allowed multiple visits a week, but only sees him once a month or less. There have been multiple months where she does not see him at all. When she does see him, she never spends more than an hour, and is allowed up to 6 hours. Id also like to add that she spends the entire time looking at her phone. Not an exaggeration. And owes over $3,500 in child support. She has moved over 5 times in less than a year. Can’t hold a job for more than a couple of months, and has a 9 month old that she does not take care of according to her mother. The attorney said that it normally wouldn’t be likely to terminate her rights if she sees him at all even if she doesn’t pay child support. But after showing her the photos and time frames of the visitations where she doesn’t interact or even talk to him, she said we had a very strong case and wouldn’t advise we go through if she didn’t think we did.
I’m currently in the process of adopting my step son, who i’ve been a full time stay at home mom for a year and a half. I just want to know how likely it is that the adoption could be successful. I have an attorney, but am just interested in other opinions. The biological mother has supervised visits for psychically a using him, and has had supervised visits for over a year. She’s allowed multiple visits a week, but only sees him once a month or less. There have been multiple months where she does not see him at all. When she does see him, she never spends more than an hour, and is allowed up to 6 hours. Id also like to add that she spends the entire time looking at her phone. Not an exaggeration. And owes over $3,500 in child support. She has moved over 5 times in less than a year. Can’t hold a job for more than a couple of months, and has a 9 month old that she does not take care of according to her mother. The attorney said that it normally wouldn’t be likely to terminate her rights if she sees him at all even if she doesn’t pay child support. But after showing her the photos and time frames of the visitations where she doesn’t interact or even talk to him, she said we had a very strong case and wouldn’t advise we go through if she didn’t think we did.