My husband wants to adopt my 3 year old daughter. Her bio father is somewhat in the picture although as of late she has said she does not want to see him anymore. He is arrears at least $4000 in child support and hasn't had a steady job since January '07. I want her to continue her relationship with his parents (she loves them) I just think that it would better for her in the long run to have my husband as her adopted father. We live in Missouri and in the divorce between her father and I he signed over all parental rights to me. Do you think adoption is best or name change? How do we go about either of those?
Thanks