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    Default What to Do to Adopt My Step Daughter

    My question involves adoption law for the State of: oklahoma..
    Me and my wife have been married for 6 months but have been together over two and a half years. My step daughter is 3 and i was wanting to adopt her. The biological father says he will sign over his parental rights. Im not sure if we have to have been married for a certain length of time or even where to start. I love my little girl. She is already my daughter i just want to make it legal. So my question is i guess.. what do i do and where do i start?

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    Default Re: What to Do to Adopt My Step Daughter

    To take full advantage of the stepparent adoption laws of your state, and to avoid such significant expenses as a home study, it is necessary "That the parent of the child and the stepparent of the child who are petitioning for adoption have been married for at least one (1) year with the child who is to be adopted living in their home". Oklahoma Statutes, Sec. 10-7505-5.2.

    The adoption process can be tricky to navigate, and thus most people find it beneficial to employ a lawyer.

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