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    Default Step Parent Adoption with Bio Parent Consent

    My question involves adoption law for the State of: Arkansas

    My daughter who is 16 has never had contact with her bio father since she was 2. I have remarried since when she was 4. When she started school we enrolled her with my newly married last name. She has since used that last name eversince. However on her birth certificate it still has her bio father's last name. I have been in contact with him and he is willing to sign the papers to have her last name changed to the last name she has been using almost her entire life( my married last name). I think i can do this without an atty but not sure where to start?? any help would be great!!

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    Default Re: Step Parent Adoption with Bio Parent Consent

    Are you asking about an adoption, or just a name change?

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    Default Re: Step Parent Adoption with Bio Parent Consent

    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    Are you asking about an adoption, or just a name change?

    I am trying to get her last name on the birth certificate to match the name she has been using, which is her step dad's last name. I think the only way I can do that is adoption??...is that right?

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    Default Re: Step Parent Adoption with Bio Parent Consent

    That would entail adoption, yes.

    Even if you're all in agreement with the adoption - and Dad must understand that he will no longer have a child - it's recommended you at least have an initial consult with a local adoption attorney to make sure it's all done legally and above board.

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