Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland
Adoption of spouses child
I am getting married this June. I have a daughter from a previous relationship. She will be 3 in June. Her biological fathers name is on her birth certificate but he has never had any contact with her. I have tried to find him so my fiance can adopt her but I cannot find him. It has been 3 years that I have been searching. My fiance has been the only father my daughter has known. How can he adopt her? Can it be based on the biological father abandoning her?
1 Answer from Attorneys
spouse-to-be's adoption of child
The court will allow your husband-to-be to adopt your child, provided you satisfy the court rules regarding notification of the child's father. Since you don't know his present whereabouts, you will have to file a court action and "notify" him of it by publishing a notice of the suit in a newspaper. A hearing will then be held on the fitness of your fiance as a father.
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