Biological Parent and Legal Adoption by a Step-Parent

[lvlollypopkid]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Nevada and California

I have a question regarding a biological parent's legal rights when a child has been adopted by a step-parent.

1. My husband has a biological daughter who is 13.
2. He was never made aware of the child until she was 10 years old.
3. The daughter was adopted by her step-father, who is her brother's biological father, in the state of California.
4. Daughter's mother and step-father divorced and the step-father, from what we know, pays child support.
5. My husband has been sharing visitation, of both his daughter and her half-brother, with their mother - with whom previously had a relationship with.
6. We currently reside in Nevada.

Does my husband have any legal standing in terms of his daughter?

 

[ecmst12]

It is very kind of the child's legal parents to allow the biological father to have a relationship with her. But the biological father has no legal rights whatsoever.

 

[lvlollypopkid]

It is very kind of the child's legal parents to allow the biological father to have a relationship with her. But the biological father has no legal rights whatsoever.

I take it that it does not make a difference that the step-father is no longer in the picture, does it?

 

[Zigner]

I take it that it does not make a difference that the step-father is no longer in the picture, does it?

There is no step father. He's their father.

 

[lvlollypopkid]

There is no step father. He's their father.

I apologize for my misstep in wording.
I've only known my husband to be their father.
I refer to their mother's ex-husband as a "step-father" even if it's not the correct term.

 

[TheGeekess]

I apologize for my misstep in wording.
I've only known my husband to be their father.
I refer to their mother's ex-husband as a "step-father" even if it's not the correct term.

Dad is the guy who adopted.

Your husband has as many rights to those children as any of us here on the forum.

 

[lvlollypopkid]

Dad is the guy who adopted.

Your husband has as many rights to those children as any of us here on the forum.

That is what I was thinking.
Based off my limited knowledge of family law.
That he has as much legal standing with the kids as I do.

Just needed some more input from those more knowledgeable or those who have been in similar situations.