Re: How to Keep a Child From Learning About His Biological Father
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llworking
I thought that adoptions were not public records. Has that changed?
There are both closed and open adoptions. Closed is where the records are sealed and nobody has access without a court order. Open varies as to what is accesssible but often times some of the parties to the adoption can access, at least, some of the records. New Mexico appears to be one of the state’s that has a limited open record system.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/infoaccessap.pdf
Re: How to Keep a Child From Learning About His Biological Father
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Acuevas88
My question involves a child custody case from the State of: NM/TX. I have raised my stepson since he was almost two years old, he does not know anything about his biological father since he has never tried to contact him"father to son".
His biological father has been deported out of the United States. At the time of birth he did not sign any documents stating he was the father, but my soon to be wife noted him as the father even though they weren't married at the time. A few months later they got married, but then divorced a couple of years later. Judge has granted full custody to her at the time of divorce since he never showed up to the courts.
I love my son very much and would like to have my name on birth certificate, since he does not know anything about previous family.
My soon to be wife have been together for over 10 years now. We fear that my son would go through some psychological trauma of he finds out. Please some one advise us. We currently live on NM.
Once you're married to her you can file for stepparent adoption. Honestly you guys will have to explain to the child the situation someday. What if the kid has some kind of medical issue arise and needs to know medical history of the biological father?
My brother has raised his stepson since he was two years old. He knows about his biological father - he's fine. He's known his whole life and knows that he has half siblings around the state and area. Sometimes he calls my brother Dad and sometimes by his first name. But there has been no psychological trauma and he is 13 years old now. My brother and sister in law started stepparent adoption but ran out of money.