I just remarried and my new husband wants to adopt my son . We live in Montgomery county, MD. Please help?

Question

I just remarried and my new husband wants to adopt my son and give hime his last name. We live in Montgomery County, Maryland. Please help with the proper procedure and estimated amount of time it would take

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

Congratulations!

I am an adoptive parent and a step-parent. Here is all I know about step-parent adoption.
State laws on stepparent adoptions vary. Most States have a streamlined process for adoptions by stepparents whereby the judge hearing the adoption petition has the ability to dispense with the requirement in State laws for an adoption home study. Some States, however, will not approve a stepparent adoption unless the custodial parent has been married to the stepparent for 1 year or longer.

When a stepparent wishes to adopt a stepchild, the child's parents (the stepparent's spouse and the noncustodial or absent parent) are usually both required to consent to that adoption. In consenting to an adoption, the noncustodial parent relinquishes all parental rights and responsibilities, including child support. If the noncustodial parent objects to the proposed adoption and refuses to consent to it, State laws may prevent the adoption from proceeding.

Some State adoption laws specify special circumstances under which the noncustodial parent's consent is not required. Other States have made special provisions in their adoption laws to allow stepparent adoptions to occur, even over the objections of the noncustodial parent, in cases where the noncustodial parent has failed to maintain communication with the child for a specified period of time.


Here's a link to more info about stepparent adoption
http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_step.cfm

Here is a link to search statutes by state for issues related to child adoption. Results will provide summaries of State statutes (and full text of laws, in some cases).
http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/search/index.cfm

Best wishes and God Bless

Answer 2

I agree with all that has been said. You need a family lawyer to deal with the court system and you need the Circuit Court's approval. I suggest you contact the Montgomery County Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service to get a list of family lawyers, perhaps even those specializing in adoption. 301-279-9100.

Answer 3

you need to terminate the start father's rights earlier you'll get an adoption, and also you'll't get help from a terminated start father. The outcome of the termination is to allow you to undertake, yet to get rid of any criminal duty the start father has. there are a variety of of techniques to locate people, presented they don't attempt to conceal. in case you comprehend his call, age, and a previous handle (driver's license handle), any good deepest investigator receives you a sparkling handle for some hundred money. There are web pages that could try this too, some for below $one hundred. To terminate the parental rights you'll likely want a criminal professional. There are self-help web pages for this, yet you also should be prepared to make mistakes and characteristic to initiate over, or restore something you forgot. A step-figure adoption is extremely hardship-loose, so any kin regulation criminal professional with in straightforward words some twelve months's adventure ought to be able to attend to the topics. be particular to avert dropping guidance related to his start father. in some unspecified time sooner or later interior the destiny, each and every followed infant needs guidance with regard to the lacking figure(s).