Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

child custody, adoption

My daughters biological father is not a part of her life and we don't have any parenting plan set up. He has a long rapsheet and a history against us of Domestic Violence. I was never married to him, but I am married now and my husband is her ''daddy''. My question is if their is a way to have my husband adopt her. He is not a u.s. citizen but we are in the process of fixing that. Do we have to get some kind of consent from my daughters father to make her legally my husbands?


Asked on 8/22/08, 7:17 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Christopher Steuart IT Forensics, Inc.

Re: child custody, adoption

You will want to get a waiver of parental relationship and consent to adopt, you should caption it the same as the adoption. Otherwise adoption will be at best extremely difficult.

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Answered on 8/22/08, 8:13 pm


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