My question involves adoption law for the State of: California
My fiance has full custody of his two daughters that have been living with us for the past 2 years. We are planning to be married soon and once we are married I want to adopt his two daughters. There was an open CPS case leading up to us getting custody, the mother was abusing drugs (again) and not taking care of the children. She was given the opportunity to get sober, and did not maintain her sobriety. She has 4 children, 1 was given up for adoption at birth, the 2 we have (they have been part of more than 1 CPS case with her) and another daughter that is in the process of being adopted right now. She has had no contact with the children for almost a year, partly because we told her she is not allowed to see the girls while she is abusing drugs as she is very unreliable and comes in and out of their lives. She pays no child support nor does she contribute with any of their expenses. She is currently still on drugs, and was recently involved (she was present when this happened) in her 14 year old sister's 3 month old son's death... (the grandmother, 14 year old sister, and mom of my step children are all abusing drugs).
In light of everything above, I want to get this started as soon as possible. If something were to happen to my soon to be husband, I do not want to have to fight with her for custody, no matter what whether she is still on drugs or has gotten sober. However, I highly doubt she will consent. I have been trying to research the laws regarding this and I think i can petition to be able to adopt them even without her consent... is this true? Does anyone have any insight on the process or how I begin to go about this? Thanks for any help.
My fiance has full custody of his two daughters that have been living with us for the past 2 years. We are planning to be married soon and once we are married I want to adopt his two daughters. There was an open CPS case leading up to us getting custody, the mother was abusing drugs (again) and not taking care of the children. She was given the opportunity to get sober, and did not maintain her sobriety. She has 4 children, 1 was given up for adoption at birth, the 2 we have (they have been part of more than 1 CPS case with her) and another daughter that is in the process of being adopted right now. She has had no contact with the children for almost a year, partly because we told her she is not allowed to see the girls while she is abusing drugs as she is very unreliable and comes in and out of their lives. She pays no child support nor does she contribute with any of their expenses. She is currently still on drugs, and was recently involved (she was present when this happened) in her 14 year old sister's 3 month old son's death... (the grandmother, 14 year old sister, and mom of my step children are all abusing drugs).
In light of everything above, I want to get this started as soon as possible. If something were to happen to my soon to be husband, I do not want to have to fight with her for custody, no matter what whether she is still on drugs or has gotten sober. However, I highly doubt she will consent. I have been trying to research the laws regarding this and I think i can petition to be able to adopt them even without her consent... is this true? Does anyone have any insight on the process or how I begin to go about this? Thanks for any help.
Adoption of Children: Stepparent Adoption of Children Without Mother's Consent
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire