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What is the procedure/time frame for marrying a woman then adopting her child if the adoption is uncontested? |
This woman has never been married, and the biological father of the child has shown no interest in the child. If it matters any, this would all occur in Missouri. Well it all depends, the biological father may not care about the child but he may still have parental rights. I would first find out if he has parental rights. If you are serious about this you need to retain a lawyer specifically a family specialty lawyer. This will cost some money but it will be worth it. The lawyer will know all of the legalities and will file all important papers. There will be a court case to detrmine if you are a fit father. You need to rember that you will be the father even if you get divorced this meand you will have to fight for custody and possibly pay child support. it will be like you were the biological father. Here is a website that may help but i suggest talking to a lawyer for good measure. http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/missou... If you feel close to the child by all means adopt her as that is the most wonderful thing for any person to have. The first thing to do is make sure the biological father has paid his share of the money owed to the mother for the child before you adopt as it is his responsibility as a man and father to do. You probably could do the adoption right after. This was my exact situation also. We got married and my husband adopted my daughter 10 months later. The only reason we had to wait that long is because the biological father did not want to sign the papers at first. He wanted to give her up for adoption because he didn't want to pay child support anymore and agreed to it before I got married. By that time he hadn't seen her in a very long time. It was uncontested, none the less. As far as I knew there was no time limit, as long as all the papers were signed. The biological father has to surrender his rights, and then you can adopt the child as soon as you are married. |
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