South Carolina.
My 4 year old child's biological father has not been in contact in over 2.5 years. She was born out of wedlock and we split up when she was 1.5 years old. I had tried in the past to get in contact with him, but he never returned any calls or emails, and stated he wanted nothing to do with my daughter. I recently found out he was arrested for criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature 2 weeks ago (it was in the paper). I want to change her last name to mine and my husband would like to adopt her, but I'm not sure how to start this process.
My 4 year old child's biological father has not been in contact in over 2.5 years. She was born out of wedlock and we split up when she was 1.5 years old. I had tried in the past to get in contact with him, but he never returned any calls or emails, and stated he wanted nothing to do with my daughter. I recently found out he was arrested for criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature 2 weeks ago (it was in the paper). I want to change her last name to mine and my husband would like to adopt her, but I'm not sure how to start this process.