What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Maryland
Hello. My wife and I have a very stressful situation (as most people on here do). I am deployed to Afghanistan and over the phone a JAG officer swore me in and I was allowed to adopt my daughter ovr the phone. It was a great moment in all of our lives. My daughter's biological father has not cared to see or call my daughter in over 5 years. His only attempt to find us was to have child support payments modified which meant having to serve my wife. My wife was unable to make the hearing on two occasion because she was giving birth to our youngest and we attended our oldest daughter's (his biological) JR High graduation. The judge dropped the arrears because of our absence. My wife went back to court and a judge decided to overturn the previous decision because that is not in the best interest of the child. Shortly before the last child support case I filed for a motion to adopt my, my then, step-daughter and her biological father had 30 days plus 30 days more after the initial 30 had passed (they want to make sure that the biological father has a chance). After his allowed time to response passed, a hearing was set while I was in Afghanistan and I was able to adopt her. The judge also asked to drop the two other cases; child support payment adjustment and share custody/visitation (they filed that so that child support payments would drop)
This is where the tough part begins. Now that I have adopted my daughter, her biological father is angry that he still has to pay the arrears. He and his criminal lawyer have filed three motions:
1. To get a copy of the transcript of the adoption hearing
2. That the child support payment adjustment not be moot
3. That the shared custody/visitation case not be moot
The only reason this was done was because they still had to pay the arrears and his family embarrassed him. They claim that my wife misled the court regarding his involvement in his biological daughter's life. He's a deadbeat with financial and drug problems. The judge, who was the same judge that granted the adoption, granted them the transcript of the adoption hearing so that they can prove their claims of my wife's deception. My wife has misled no one however, this granted motion has us very concerned and more importantly my daughter feels like she is in limbo and is scared that this case may be overturned.
The purpose of this post is to see if anyone has ever experienced this and if there is anything that can be done to prevent this case from being overturned. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello. My wife and I have a very stressful situation (as most people on here do). I am deployed to Afghanistan and over the phone a JAG officer swore me in and I was allowed to adopt my daughter ovr the phone. It was a great moment in all of our lives. My daughter's biological father has not cared to see or call my daughter in over 5 years. His only attempt to find us was to have child support payments modified which meant having to serve my wife. My wife was unable to make the hearing on two occasion because she was giving birth to our youngest and we attended our oldest daughter's (his biological) JR High graduation. The judge dropped the arrears because of our absence. My wife went back to court and a judge decided to overturn the previous decision because that is not in the best interest of the child. Shortly before the last child support case I filed for a motion to adopt my, my then, step-daughter and her biological father had 30 days plus 30 days more after the initial 30 had passed (they want to make sure that the biological father has a chance). After his allowed time to response passed, a hearing was set while I was in Afghanistan and I was able to adopt her. The judge also asked to drop the two other cases; child support payment adjustment and share custody/visitation (they filed that so that child support payments would drop)
This is where the tough part begins. Now that I have adopted my daughter, her biological father is angry that he still has to pay the arrears. He and his criminal lawyer have filed three motions:
1. To get a copy of the transcript of the adoption hearing
2. That the child support payment adjustment not be moot
3. That the shared custody/visitation case not be moot
The only reason this was done was because they still had to pay the arrears and his family embarrassed him. They claim that my wife misled the court regarding his involvement in his biological daughter's life. He's a deadbeat with financial and drug problems. The judge, who was the same judge that granted the adoption, granted them the transcript of the adoption hearing so that they can prove their claims of my wife's deception. My wife has misled no one however, this granted motion has us very concerned and more importantly my daughter feels like she is in limbo and is scared that this case may be overturned.
The purpose of this post is to see if anyone has ever experienced this and if there is anything that can be done to prevent this case from being overturned. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
