How can my fiance adopt my daughter?

I have a 6 year old daughter and her father terminated his parental rights to her a couple of years ago.. I have all that paperwork. I am about to be remarried and the man wants to adopt my daughter. What is the process for doing this in NC? I don't even know where to begin! Thanks
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we want him to adopt her so that she can have the same last name

2010-10-26 23:27:04 +0000

Literally just go to a lawyer. He/she will give you all the necessary things. A lawyer is the only way to do it legitimately.

2010-10-27 01:00:57 +0000

Why not just change your daughter's last name to your husband's after you get married? Adoption isn't necessary for that to happen -- especially now that the child's bio dad has severed his rights to her.

Think of it this way: if something happens and you and your soon-to-be-husband divorce someday, he will have half the rights to YOUR child. He may get partial custody (or full custody! Who knows?) or visitation...and you may be obligated to pay HIM child support! For YOUR kid? I don't think so.

Change her last name, but don't have him adopt her. She's YOUR child. Keep it that way.

2010-10-28 23:20:57 +0000

BEEN THERE DONE THAT LOL

I called the court in my town and asked who i needed to take to about step parent adoption got a number and called them.

They gave me some paper work and have my sons last name changed to my husband in about 2 months the only thing they asked was those parental right taken away from the bio father and a backround check for my husband.

thats in ARIZONA but all this was done for free there are lawyers here that help with parent adoption if the biofather rights are taken away.

call your family court near you and ask

2010-10-27 04:09:48 +0000

a lawyer would know what you need to do for your specific state. mostly it is just paperwork filing and a few minutes in front of a judge.

2010-10-26 23:26:46 +0000

Well when you guys get married, he will be her step dad. You could just get her into the swing of calling him daddy ;)

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