Legal Question in Family Law in Utah

I married my husband 2 1/2 years ago and he would now like to adopt my 13 year old son. His biological father has not made contact with my son in almost 4 years and has only exercised visitation minimally for 2 years of the 13. He has not regularly paid child support the majority of our sons life either. We are wondering how to start the process of requesting that my son biological father waive his parental rights, and how to go about having my husband adopt our son legally.


Asked on 10/04/10, 1:25 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Cory Wall Cory R. Wall, Attorney at Law, P.C.

The process is generally referred to as a step-parent adoption and involves either the voluntary or involuntary relinquishment/termination of the biological father's parental rights. I offer a free initital consultation if you would like to discuss this further. Thank you, Cory R. Wall.

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Answered on 10/09/10, 1:34 pm


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