My question involves adoption law for the State of: Florida
My husband has sole custody of his 9 yr old daughter for 4 yrs now. She was taken from her bio mom at the age of 1 1/2 for the home being unfit and drugs were present. At the time she was placed with my husbands mother because he did not have A stable home or job. When his mom passed we did A pro sey motion and gained custody. The child was visiting with the mother untill 4 months ago when we decided to have the child see A councler because of her behavior when she returned home. She seemed angry and with drawn. When she had seen the therapist for the first time they informed my husband that they were calling and having someone go to the mothers house to investigate. They also came here because this is her primary residence. The investigator said it would be in the best intrest of the child to have the mother come to our home to see the child or to take her to A public place so that it could be supervised. We have not heard from the mother since this has been in place. It has been in place for 4 months. There was also A child support hearing in which the bio mom did not show and is now late on child support. How would I go about adopting my stepdaughter? My husband and I have been married for 4 yrs.

