QUESTION
What is the legal way to handle this situation, so my husband can adopt them?
Asked on Apr 25th, 2013 on Child Custody - Pennsylvania
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My children's father is willing to sign over all rights after 10 years of no contact.
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If he is willing, you can have an attorney prepare the paperwork-voluntary termination of parental rights, have him sign it and file it. If you are remarried, you and your husband can also do the same thing with a step parent adoption petition. You will need a lawyer.
Answered on Apr 26th, 2013 at 11:49 AM
William R. Pelger, Attorney Munhall, Pennsylvania 412-461-1900
David M. Axinn
The procedures vary a little bit from county to county. In general, the birth-father would sign a consent to adoption, after which an adoption petition can be filed. A hearing is held, which is usually brief and informal, after which the Judge would sign an adoption decree. When things are uncontested, they usually go smoothly, but you should have an attorney to make sure that the paperwork is done properly.
Answered on Apr 26th, 2013 at 11:49 AM