Any advice on adopting a stepchild please?

[lottiesmummy]

anyone?

my husband wants to adopt my eldest daughter, we have no idea what to do

hi there Lottiesmummy, i have been reading all the threads and was aghast how complicated it all is and how different all the information. All the websites on this issue contradict themselves. My partner would to adopt my son too. I contacted the local social services and they advised us to do it through a solicitor, yet many of the post suggest this is not neccessary. also there is this issue of marriage, we are not as yet buy are planning to next year and i do not want to waste extortionate amounts of money to be told by a court no way, but apply when your married. Gosh what a rigmorole. i just want my sons future secured as he has special needs. Before i ramble further How did you get on, what did you decide to do in the end. any constructive advice would be most welcome., Happy new year to you.,

hi Clickychick, I have just notified our local ss of intient to adopt my 2 dss. I rang ss and just asked. they sent out a form, i filled it in sent it back. they said they would get in conact re. a home visit. After three months we can formally apply to the courts to adopt. My dp and I have been together for a year and are getting married in 3 months times. ss services said that that should be fine! hope that helps

hi there, just came across this thread, me and my husband are going through the process of him adopting my son from previous relationship and couldnt help but notice the comments on me having to give him up then adopt again? is this true? and will i be put down as the adoptive mother on new birth certificate?

When a child gets adopted, they get an adoption certificate rather then a new birth certificate

But actually, I think the law has changed now. I had a look at directgov website, it says the parental responsiblility of the partner isn't affected, so I don't think you have to adopt him

technically I beleive the situation is that the birth paretn doesn't technically have to readopt their own birth child however as a result of the adoption your DS will have an adoption certficate NOT a birth certificate. You will be named as one of the parents on his adoption certificate but it will not specify that you are his birth mother. So for all practical purposes it will look like your DS was adopted to the outside world when he has to produce a birth certificate.

I don;t beleive when a step parent adopts that they just reissue the birth certificate with a new father noted - he will get a new adoption certificate instead of a birth certificate.

You can get short form birth certs which on;t reference the adoption ut I've yet to find anywhere that accepts them for anything.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

ok cool thanks x were could i find that information out just to be certain? x

www.devon.gov.uk/index/cyps/adoption/step-parent-adoption08.htm

Thats a pretty good summary of the situation.

Hi I've been wiv my husband for 7 years and married for 6 my husband wants to adopt my 7 year old of whom is been there for since she was 10 months old my daughter has never seen or met her biological father and he's made no attempts in seein but me and my husband have tried to get him to see her but to no avail and my ex beat me Veri badly to the point of me bein unconscious can I ave sum advice on how to go about this plz xx

Hi. My husband obtained parental responsibility of my daughter last year. We wanted him to adopt her at first but we found out this is a much more complicated, costly and timely process and for him to have parental responsibility of her was the way forward as it achieved everything we wanted it to (should anything happen to me, then there would be no question that my husband will be the one to care for my daughter and it also allows him to consent to medical treatment, apply for schools, etc should I not be present at the time) without legally cutting off all ties with my daughter's biological paternal family. We also did not need my ex-partner's consent to do everything as his name is not on her birth certificate. Do things the old-fashioned way and look in the Yellow Pages for family solicitors near you. Hope some of this helps!?

My spouce has a 7yr old son, who mum passed away 2 yrs ago. Although we are not married I wish to adopt my stepson. Can you send me any info on how we go about this. Thank you