AboutTerrie Expertise Hello, I am an adoptive mom, past foster parent, I also work with a support group for potential and current birth and adoptive parents. I am also very knowledgable about Open and Private adoption. As well as using a lawyer, counseling, Homestudies, Also Legal Guardianship.
Experience I am an adoptive mom, on online community leader, as well as I am the founder of an Support group for adoption, We help potential birth and adoptive parent's. Find answer's to their need. I also can refer them to appropriate resources.
Organizations United thru Adoption,Online community Leader on adoption concerning Open Adoption and Adopting an Older child.
My seven year old son has not seen, talked to or heard from his father in almost 3 years and when his father did come around, he would pay more attention to me than his son, to the point of neglect and mild emotional abuse. My fiance would like to adopt my son when we marry but we don't know where my son's father is or how we could find him. My questions are, do you know what the standards for adoption are in abandonmen situations, are state to state adoptions harder to get, especially under the circumstances, and is there a way I can get Legal Guardianship awarded to my fiance, if the adoption doesn't go through, so that he could legally raise my son if anything were to ever happen to me? I understand these are probably some pretty complicated questions, but any advice you could give me would be really helpful. Thank you.
Answer You need to contact a good family lawyer and ask the laws for your state, also has the legal father paid child support during this time ? Also is his name on your sons birth certificate? Ask the lawyer about the guardianship laws, unless you are unable to take care of your son, or are leaving the fiance in your will as a legal guardian it may not be possible to proceed with a guardianship, I wish you good luck
Take care
Terrie
