My husband has custody of our son. He has been raising him since he was eleven months old. His birth mother is not intimately invovled in his life. She sees him maybe two to three times a year. Last year she went ten months without seeing or contacting him. She does not financially support him, she does nothing. I have been with him for the past four and a half years. Does anyone know if I can legally do something in NJ that will allow me to have some rights over him. Whether it would be to adopt him or have legal guardianship.
2006-11-20 07:52:31 · 4 answers · asked by Mary Popins 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Call an adoption lawyers and find out what legal steps you must take to get guardianship of your stepson. What would happen to your stepson if something happened to your husband. You need to find out what steps must be taken, so you will have this child legally. You sound like a wonderful person who loves this child as your own. Don't wait around. Do something now. Good luck.
2006-11-20 08:02:49 · answer #1 · answered by Dyan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you need to speak to a lawyer about this. New Jersey is fairly strict when it comes to relinquishing the rights of birth parents. You didn't mention the boy's age. At 17, he can emancipate himself from his mother if he wants to.
2006-11-20 07:56:42 · answer #2 · answered by cheyennetomahawk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is actually your stepson you can get a gaurdian ship over him, but the birth mother will probably have to be involed and she will have to sign something.
2006-11-20 07:56:47 · answer #3 · answered by Mons 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to prove the parent is unfit.
this is a very messy situation you are contemplating.
2006-11-20 07:55:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋