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kristirufener
My question involves a child custody case from the State of: WI
I got pregnant and had my daughter when I was 17- that was 2003. Her biological father has had ZERO contact with her (no calls, birthday cards, etc) since she was 3 months old. He does pay child support however. When she was 1 1/2 my fiance moved in with me, and took over the father role. We were married July 26th of last year, and she is now 6 and my husband has always been her dad.
Now my husband wants to adopt her (in his eyes, this is HIS child), so I contacted her biological father and requested he sign over his rights. He immediately said no way, that he has been saving the money (for six years) to take me to court for visitation.
Here is my problem with this:
He has ALWAYS had visitation- the court granted him four hours a week supervised. He NEVER took advantage of it- we walked out of the courtroom, and I haven't heard from him since.
He has underage drinking charges, and a class a misdemeanor for criminal destruction of property.
AND to top it all off, his brother found him a year ago in a diabetic coma (he is now an insulin dependant diabetic) and he NEVER contacted me to let me know- and this is something that is VITAL to his daughters medical records. He doesn't take care of himself- I have seen him outside his mothers house drinking beer.
I am wondering what my chances are of terminating his parental rights and going forward with the adoption.
My 6 year old doesn't have any idea who this other guy is, and already has a dad. I am worried that if the courts allow him to come into her life now it could cause permanent damage.
The thing that bothers me the most is WE LIVE IN THE SAME TOWN!! The population is around 2200 people, I found him on facebook in five seconds, and he can't come see his daughter for 6 years?
Advice please!
Thank you.