What is the name of your state? California
Hello all, I'm new to this forum. I have a daughter that is almost 11 and a child on the way. I was married to her bio-dad and we divorced around 7 years ago. I got re-married. He was given visitation rights and was to pay child support. First he stopped visiting her we had a public drop-off arranged in the court order safety issues. He eventually stopped showing up. After that it was around 7 months later he quit his job and stopped paying support.
My current husband and I have been married 6 years and my daughter knows his m as daddy. He loves her like his own, most people don't even know their not blood-related. In any case he wants to adopt my daughter and she' wants him to adopt her. However, I've always felt as though before she should be old enough to understand what is going on before proceeding. We've explained the process and have told her that if for some reason it doesn't go through we are always a family
We've hired an attorney to handle our case; no way did I want to take a chance on this one. We were told our chances are good because the courts gave him right s which he chose not to exercise. My attorney is filing termination of parental rights based due to abandonment.
It has been almost two months and no paper work has been filed yet, and my ex hasn't been served. I understand he has 30 days to reply and there will be a background check. My attorney didn't think it would be a problem if we left the state and flew back when necessary. How long does this process usually take in California? I've had to be a pain in my attorney's side to keep this process going. I made it very, very clear that we were planning on moving to another state, which he didn't think was a problem. Our house is going up on the market in the next week and I'm now concerned because it appears as though he was dragging his feet. Any advice for keeping this process going? I hired a skip trace to obtain the last known address. So my attorney has everything he needs from me.
Originally I had though t about doing a change of jurisdiction and filing in the new state. , getting a move away order. There is nothing on my final decree stating I can't move her...attorney didn't see a problem with this? Does my daughter have to be here for the background check? She has been going to visit my parents the last two summers and will do this one to. Do they need to interview her? Originally I was told paperwork would be filed in a week or two and background check would begin immediately. , but he is still dragging his feet. The only thing that was done expeditiously was cashing the retainer check.
Hello all, I'm new to this forum. I have a daughter that is almost 11 and a child on the way. I was married to her bio-dad and we divorced around 7 years ago. I got re-married. He was given visitation rights and was to pay child support. First he stopped visiting her we had a public drop-off arranged in the court order safety issues. He eventually stopped showing up. After that it was around 7 months later he quit his job and stopped paying support.
My current husband and I have been married 6 years and my daughter knows his m as daddy. He loves her like his own, most people don't even know their not blood-related. In any case he wants to adopt my daughter and she' wants him to adopt her. However, I've always felt as though before she should be old enough to understand what is going on before proceeding. We've explained the process and have told her that if for some reason it doesn't go through we are always a family
We've hired an attorney to handle our case; no way did I want to take a chance on this one. We were told our chances are good because the courts gave him right s which he chose not to exercise. My attorney is filing termination of parental rights based due to abandonment.
It has been almost two months and no paper work has been filed yet, and my ex hasn't been served. I understand he has 30 days to reply and there will be a background check. My attorney didn't think it would be a problem if we left the state and flew back when necessary. How long does this process usually take in California? I've had to be a pain in my attorney's side to keep this process going. I made it very, very clear that we were planning on moving to another state, which he didn't think was a problem. Our house is going up on the market in the next week and I'm now concerned because it appears as though he was dragging his feet. Any advice for keeping this process going? I hired a skip trace to obtain the last known address. So my attorney has everything he needs from me.
Originally I had though t about doing a change of jurisdiction and filing in the new state. , getting a move away order. There is nothing on my final decree stating I can't move her...attorney didn't see a problem with this? Does my daughter have to be here for the background check? She has been going to visit my parents the last two summers and will do this one to. Do they need to interview her? Originally I was told paperwork would be filed in a week or two and background check would begin immediately. , but he is still dragging his feet. The only thing that was done expeditiously was cashing the retainer check.