tigger22472
Senior Member
What is the name of your state? Indiana
Not that I'm one to question a lawyer.. yeah right .. but I want to verify what my lawyer told me today.
I saw a lawyer today about a TPR and step-parent adoption. In the state of Indiana it can be done after one year no contact, no support and as long as a step parent is willing to adopt and they have been married for a year or more. We qualify for all the above.
The lawyer informed me that we don't have to send out notification since I can prove there's been no contact in over 2 years. What she said was that the papers will be filed and that the home study will be done. Then when we go to court SOME judges order for notification but most don't when there has been this long of time. I want to make sure this is true because I dont' want there to be a loophole later. I mean if I'm within the law that's fine but I thought at least a newspaper notification had to be done.
Not that I'm one to question a lawyer.. yeah right .. but I want to verify what my lawyer told me today.
I saw a lawyer today about a TPR and step-parent adoption. In the state of Indiana it can be done after one year no contact, no support and as long as a step parent is willing to adopt and they have been married for a year or more. We qualify for all the above.
The lawyer informed me that we don't have to send out notification since I can prove there's been no contact in over 2 years. What she said was that the papers will be filed and that the home study will be done. Then when we go to court SOME judges order for notification but most don't when there has been this long of time. I want to make sure this is true because I dont' want there to be a loophole later. I mean if I'm within the law that's fine but I thought at least a newspaper notification had to be done.