I got divorced last year. Durring the divorce, my ex husband signed over ALL rights to our 5 year old daughter, to me. He pays no support and does not see her. I have full cusdody. Since then, I have gotten remarried and my new husband and I want to look into having him adopt my daughter. Here are my questions.
1.) How do I go about this? & who do I talk to? (we live in Indiana)
2.) Do we need a lawyer?
3.) My daughter still has my ex husbands last name (I never got around to changing it) so do I need to change her name back to my madien name before we start the adoption process?
4.) Will my ex husband need to sign anything or will they notify him of anything?
Please only people who know what they are talking about. Thank you again for all the help!! :)
2006-06-08
04:29:47
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