I, like many of the other mothers in here, have a problem. Im curious to see what Maryland law has to say about stepparent adoptions. My ex husband has been gone since my daughter was one. I know that he is missing, and quite frankly that he is evading the law. My husband really wants to give this child what she needs. She knows about her biological father but she has expressed that she wants to have the same last name as we do. Im not sure that convincing him to sign his rights away would be all that difficult as he is running to avoid the child support evasion for his son from a prev. relationship. Im sure if I persued him for child support for my daughter, chances are he might concede. However Ive pulled out all my cards to smoke him out of hiding and Im proving to be as unsuccessful now as I was 3 years ago. there are a couple catches from what I have read in the others. 1, we were married. 2, His name was on the Birth Certificate. Thank you for taking the time.
~Tina

