Step-Parent Adoption

When you are the sole custodian of your child and you remarry after a divorce, you may wish to have the child’s step parent take the legal place of his or her inactive biological parent. If you do, you will need to have the other parent’s rights terminated before the adoption starts. To get these rights terminated, you may require the experience of an Atlanta family lawyer.

The child’s biological parent may be willing to give up his or her rights in exchange for not having to provide child support any longer. On the other hand, some inactive parents will still fight against the termination of parenting rights so they can attempt to enact their rights at a later date. If your ex refuses to willingly terminate his or her rights, your Atlanta family lawyer can help.

Our Atlanta Divorce Attorney Can Help You Through the Whole Process

We can bring the other parent to court and prove that they have not played a significant active role in the child’s life. In most cases, if the parent has not visited the child or paid child support in a reasonable amount of time, the court will forcefully terminate the parent’s rights to the child. Once this step has been completed, your Atlanta family attorney can help you file paperwork to get the step parent legally recognized as the child’s guardian.

If you have any questions about this process, please call a skilled Atlanta family lawyer from our firm and schedule a free initial consultation.