Legal Question in Family Law in Arizona

Re: adoption

With the biological father's consent, an adoption can be very straightforward; however, you would have to marry your boyfriend before he could adopt your son. Once you are married, you should wait a few months before applying, and then the process involves filing an application with the court, undergoing a home study by an adoption agency, and if all goes well, attending a hearing for the judge to make the adoption final.

If you do not want to hire an attorney to assist, the Maricopa County Attorney's office has a department devoted to assisting with uncontested stepparent adoptions. Again, you would need to be married before you could apply.