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    Default Husband Wants to Adopt My Child and Put His Name on Birth Certificate

    My question involves adoption law for step parent in the State of: Texas
    I have a 7 yr old and i recently got married a yr ago, my husband and i have been together since my son was 1 & 1/2 yrs old, this is the only man my son knows as his father, no father name is listed on the birth certificate, and i gave my son my ex last name he has denied child since day one ( dont know his where abouts); my husband and i have provided all for my son. my question is my husband wants to adopt my son as well as put his name on the birth certificate how would i start this process? where do i begin? please help

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    Default Re: Husband Wants to Adopt My Child and Put His Name on Birth Certificate

    You would petition for step-parent adoption with your county court. There's a guide here that may be a bit out-of-date (or not; I can't say as I didn't write it and don't practice law in Texas), but it's pretty comprehensive and it's free.

    Grounds for involuntarily terminating a parent-child relationship in Texas include situations where a parent "voluntarily left the child alone or in the possession of another not the parent without expressing an intent to return, without providing for the adequate support of the child, and remained away for a period of at least three months," or "failed to support the child in accordance with the parent’s ability during a period of one year ending within six months of the date of the filing of the petition", Texas Family Code, Sec. 161.001(1)(B), (F). You can join a petition to terminate the father's parental rights with a petition for step-parent adoption. Texas Family Code, Sec. 162.001(b)(1).

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