Stepchild adoption with bio father abroad

[manyolives]

What is the name of your state? NC

Hello,
my husband wants to adopt my daughter, his stepdaughter. Him and I are both US Citizens, my daughter is a Dual citizen (US/German) and the biological father is German and lives in Germany. He is consenting, however the form DSS-5190 requires his consent to be notarized by an NC notary (on page 3).
Or is there any other way to do this? Because he is not coming here just to notarize this form.
Would the NC court also accept the form to be notarized abroad? (Possibly with translation of the notarization)
Or would the court accept a notarized affidavit of his consent written up by his German attorney?
Thankful for anybody who has any experience with this.

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

They might or you can send him the completed form and a US Embassy can notarize it.

 

[Zigner]

While I haven't been able to locate information specifically confirming this, I'd be willing to bet that the notarization form is to be used when the signature is to be notarized in NC, while signatures elsewhere would be acceptable if notarized in the locale in which they are signed.

Of course, better advice is to speak with a local adoption attorney about this, particularly since dad is not a resident of this country.

 

[LdiJ]

They might or you can send him the completed form and a US Embassy can notarize it.

Every US embassy and consulate has notaries available for just this sort of thing.