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    Default I Adopted My Step Children and Now My Wife Left Me for Another Man

    My question involves adoption law for the State of: TEXAS
    I adopted my wifes children and 6months later she has lefted me for another man is there any way I can sign my right away?
    or aviod paying child support to children that not only aren't mine but I don't get to see.....

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    Default Re: I Adopted My Step Children and Now My Wife Lefted Me for Another Man

    Are you sure the adoption has been finalized?

    If it has, I don't see how you are going to get away with not taking of them as they are now your children. If you would like to see them, file for a custody/visitation.

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    Default Re: I Adopted My Step Children and Now My Wife Lefted Me for Another Man

    They are yours now.

    If you want to see them, your best bet is to go to court and get a custody and visitation plan established.

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    Default Re: I Adopted My Step Children and Now My Wife Lefted Me for Another Man

    Quote Quoting jjaj
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    My question involves adoption law for the State of: TEXAS
    I adopted my wifes children and 6months later she has lefted me for another man is there any way I can sign my right away?
    or aviod paying child support to children that not only aren't mine but I don't get to see.....
    No, you don't get to do that.

    You're Dad - these children are yours legally.

    To other people who might be reading this and considering stepparent adoption:

    BEFORE you go ahead, both of you need to ask yourselves a question:

    If you and your spouse divorce, are you going to be ok with the him/her getting custody and you paying child support?

    Kids aren't dice to be tossed around willy nilly. If you want to adopt your spouse's children, they will become YOUR children and you'll have the same rights and obligations as the other parent. It's not a decision to be undertaken lightly.

    Think, think, THINK. Before you sign those papers.

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    Default Re: I Adopted My Step Children and Now My Wife Lefted Me for Another Man

    How come no one thinks "what happens if the spouse and I divorce" when they are reviewing adoption papers?

    You are dad now. File for visitation. Stay in their lives as the father you promised you would be.

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