I'm writing this for a friend in a mess. I don't really agree with her plans but I said I'd find out as much information as possible for her, so here's the story..
My friend is 20. She has a child who is 12 months old. She has split up with his dad and the dad isn't on the birth certificate. Solicitors are involved RE contact and the dad sees the child.
The dad has threatened to harm the child on numerous occasions and my friend is very sure that these threats will happen. The dad also used to hit my friend when they were in a relationship however none of this is documented.
Her plan is to ask her mother and step father to adopt the child.
Her questions are:
- how easy is it to do this?
- what is the process?
- could she still play an active part in the childs life?
- could the dad still see the child once it was adopted? (as the mums family will adopt it) or could he not as he isn't on the birth certificate nor does he have parental responsibility?
Please don't judge her. I've told her how there must be other ways but she's adamant. Please answer the questions asap or post links with relevant information.
Thanks so much!
My friend is 20. She has a child who is 12 months old. She has split up with his dad and the dad isn't on the birth certificate. Solicitors are involved RE contact and the dad sees the child.
The dad has threatened to harm the child on numerous occasions and my friend is very sure that these threats will happen. The dad also used to hit my friend when they were in a relationship however none of this is documented.
Her plan is to ask her mother and step father to adopt the child.
Her questions are:
- how easy is it to do this?
- what is the process?
- could she still play an active part in the childs life?
- could the dad still see the child once it was adopted? (as the mums family will adopt it) or could he not as he isn't on the birth certificate nor does he have parental responsibility?
Please don't judge her. I've told her how there must be other ways but she's adamant. Please answer the questions asap or post links with relevant information.
Thanks so much!