What is the name of your state? TEXAS
My wife and I have been married 6+ years. Before we were married, she got pregnant as the result of a one-night stand with someone so forgettable that she doesn't even remember his name, let alone anything else.
Now 6 years on, we're still married, and that little girl only knows one person as "Daddy". I want to adopt her and change her last name. My questions are twofold:
1) Is there a process by which we can file the adoption ourselves?
2) Since we don't know who the birth father is, what do we need to do with regards to his parental rights?
My wife and I have been married 6+ years. Before we were married, she got pregnant as the result of a one-night stand with someone so forgettable that she doesn't even remember his name, let alone anything else.
Now 6 years on, we're still married, and that little girl only knows one person as "Daddy". I want to adopt her and change her last name. My questions are twofold:
1) Is there a process by which we can file the adoption ourselves?
2) Since we don't know who the birth father is, what do we need to do with regards to his parental rights?
