Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey
stepparent adoption
can a contested adoption be won in NJ father signed birth certificate but was not around 5 years later when stepparent filed for adoption natural father contested. Is there still a posibility to win the adoption?
Asked on 7/14/06, 4:53 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Gary Moore
Gary Moore Attorney At Law
Re: stepparent adoption
If the father has been absent for five years a Court is likely to find that he abandoned his parental rights; that the child has bonded with the stepfather and terminate the father's parental rights in a contested adtoption proceeding.
Gary Moore, Esquire
Hackensack, New Jersey
www.garymooreattorneyatlaw.com
Answered on 7/14/06, 5:23 pm
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