Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey

stepparent adoption

can a contested adoption be won in NJ father signed birth certificate but was not around 5 years later when stepparent filed for adoption natural father contested. Is there still a posibility to win the adoption?


Asked on 7/14/06, 4:53 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gary Moore Gary Moore Attorney At Law

Re: stepparent adoption

If the father has been absent for five years a Court is likely to find that he abandoned his parental rights; that the child has bonded with the stepfather and terminate the father's parental rights in a contested adtoption proceeding.

Gary Moore, Esquire

Hackensack, New Jersey

www.garymooreattorneyatlaw.com

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Answered on 7/14/06, 5:23 pm


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