What is the name of your state? Utah
My ex-husband of 11 years ago is the father of the oldest two of my five children. He has been in and out of prison and drops off the face of the planet for years at a time. He has paid child support twice in my 15 year old and 13 year old's lives. My second husband has been helping me raise them for the past ten years and has been an amazing father that they ALL call daddy. The kids even asked him, not me, if they could change their last name to his last name and we all agreed we would take whatever legal action we needed to to make that happen. My ex-husband has currently made his where-abouts unknown for three years now. My oldest son has been in much therapy due to my ex constantly disappearing in his life. My son was finally doing much better and has built an amazingly stong bond with my husband but unfortunatly for our family, this amazing man and husband and father was killed in an automobile accident while in TX for business in February 2005. We are all devastated and back in family therapy. My two oldest are taking it the hardest. He was the only father that they really knew. Sorry this is so long but my question is I want to make a will and leave all my children to a beautiful couple in the event that I might die and I would also like to change my children's name over to my husband's who just past away. This is my children's desire as well. So How do I go about ending my ex-husband's parental rights if I have no idea of his where-abouts and he's been gone for three years?
My ex-husband of 11 years ago is the father of the oldest two of my five children. He has been in and out of prison and drops off the face of the planet for years at a time. He has paid child support twice in my 15 year old and 13 year old's lives. My second husband has been helping me raise them for the past ten years and has been an amazing father that they ALL call daddy. The kids even asked him, not me, if they could change their last name to his last name and we all agreed we would take whatever legal action we needed to to make that happen. My ex-husband has currently made his where-abouts unknown for three years now. My oldest son has been in much therapy due to my ex constantly disappearing in his life. My son was finally doing much better and has built an amazingly stong bond with my husband but unfortunatly for our family, this amazing man and husband and father was killed in an automobile accident while in TX for business in February 2005. We are all devastated and back in family therapy. My two oldest are taking it the hardest. He was the only father that they really knew. Sorry this is so long but my question is I want to make a will and leave all my children to a beautiful couple in the event that I might die and I would also like to change my children's name over to my husband's who just past away. This is my children's desire as well. So How do I go about ending my ex-husband's parental rights if I have no idea of his where-abouts and he's been gone for three years?