I am going to have a baby in about 2 weeks. The biological father is known but has been non existent so I will not be listing him on the birth certificate. He does know this and is fine with it. In the meantime, I got engaged to a wonderful man who wants to raise this child as his own. I know that if we were married he could be listed on the birth certificate as the father but we're not planning on getting married until next year. So, since I can't list him as the father now(as this would be fraud) what are the rules/requirements on his adopting the baby? Would he have to wait until we're married to adopt? And what, if anything, has to be done regarding the biological father...especially if he's not listed as the father? The baby is going to be born in ND, but live in MT for a couple months but then we'll be moving to SD as that is where my fiance lives (the biological father knows all about my fiance and his intent to raise the child as his own...as well as my intent to move to SD) Any info would be great.