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ProudMummyy
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Been meaning to post in here for a while...
Ok so I got with my husband 2 years ago although we were 'unofficially' together for 7 months before we made it official. By the time we made it official his son Jamie from his previous partner was now 6 and a half months old.
The biological Mother to Jamie left my husband and Jamie 2 days after he was born and was never seen again by any of us. We later found out she had passed away in January 2011 due to an overdose of drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine.
Since Jamie has been 2 days old I have helped my husband raise him and have been a Mother to him myself, he calls me Mum and has never met his biological Mother and now never will do.
I turn 21 in September and I am able to start adoption proceedings for him. My husband has agreed to me adopting him and having joint custody of him, so I have as much responsibility for Jamie as my husband does. It will be a fairly straight forward adoption as his biological Mothers side of the family want nothing to do with Jamie or my husband and have cut all contact off with them. Jamie calls all my family by what they should be called i.e My Mum - Nana, My Dad - Grandpa, My Sisters - Aunty Frankie and Aunty Robyn, My Brother - Uncle Rocco
So my big question is, as I actually have no idea at all, how long does a straight forward adoption of your other half's child take?
Ok so I got with my husband 2 years ago although we were 'unofficially' together for 7 months before we made it official. By the time we made it official his son Jamie from his previous partner was now 6 and a half months old.
The biological Mother to Jamie left my husband and Jamie 2 days after he was born and was never seen again by any of us. We later found out she had passed away in January 2011 due to an overdose of drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine.
Since Jamie has been 2 days old I have helped my husband raise him and have been a Mother to him myself, he calls me Mum and has never met his biological Mother and now never will do.
I turn 21 in September and I am able to start adoption proceedings for him. My husband has agreed to me adopting him and having joint custody of him, so I have as much responsibility for Jamie as my husband does. It will be a fairly straight forward adoption as his biological Mothers side of the family want nothing to do with Jamie or my husband and have cut all contact off with them. Jamie calls all my family by what they should be called i.e My Mum - Nana, My Dad - Grandpa, My Sisters - Aunty Frankie and Aunty Robyn, My Brother - Uncle Rocco
So my big question is, as I actually have no idea at all, how long does a straight forward adoption of your other half's child take?