Legal Question in Family Law in Louisiana

stepfather wants to adopt my son

my son is now 5 and has never seen his bio father. the bio father did sign a ecknowlegdment but has never seena or paid any thing for the child. and now i have been married for 4 yrs and the man that i am married to is the man my son thinks of as dad. he has been with me since my son was 2 wks old. now my husband wants to adopt my son . we also hve 2 other children together. the bio father is out of the picture completely. i dont even now where he lives. so is there any way my husband can adopt my son?


Asked on 3/12/08, 3:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Nick Pizzolatto, Jr. Pizzolatto Law Office

Re: stepfather wants to adopt my son

He can adopt your son by way of Intrafamily Adoption....an attorney will have to be appointed to try to find the bio-dad, but even if he would show up and object, there is little chance that the adoption would not be allowed. It is a one-step procedure, as opposed to a two-step procedure as is a private adoption. I do them all the time since so many times a non-bio-parent spouse wants to adopt the child of their spouse.

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Answered on 3/12/08, 3:16 pm


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