Has anyone on here as were successfully terminated by logical parents right for stepparent adoption?

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Long story short I have a 11 year old son. He is the light of my life and I have taken care of him since the day he was born.. his biological father on the other hand has not been there at all. In and out of rehab and I just recently found out he moved to an other state. He has not seen him since he was about 3 and has not paid a dime in court ordered child support. My husband of 5 years has been my sons rock and we went through Process of hiring a lawyer to terminate my son’s biological fathers rights. It’s been a few months but we have a court date set for February, his biological father of course Wants to fight me on the adoption. Even though he lives in another state and hasn’t seen him in over eight years not even so much a phone call on his birthday. Anyone on here have any stories they can share? I’m nervous as hell

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So, in regards to your poll, it's not a matter of the judge being an asshole. Lol. There are so many other people and professionals involved in this sort of thing who specialize in custody evaluations and what would be in the best interest of the child, the judge will almost always defer to whatever those people have to say. 
If a judge won't go with the adoption, it's either because one of those professionals who have reviewed your case and spoken to everyone involved (including your child) have reason to believe that it's not in his best interest, or because he wants to give the other parent one last chance to make an effort/change before permanently severing their rights. If it's the latter, it is a win-win situation for the kid because either the parent actuall steps up and does what they're supposed to do, or they don't and the judge can say they've given the parent every opportunity and you're granted the adoption.

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My mother did this with me. However my. biological father was willing to sign the paperwork and terminate his rights so it was pretty straight forward. If the biological father isn't on board though, you may have an uphill battle.

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Doesn't that count as abandonment? I feel your case should be open and close since he's made no attempts to be a father

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In ohio a year of the father not contact or attempting contact counts as the father abandoning and the judge will award rights to the adoptive father or step dad. But if hes tried to make contact at all, wether that be through his mom or your friend, a single text message, single phone call etc. Then the judge wont award it

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I did this but my sperm donor was willing. I still had to pay for a lawyer though. I terminated rights when he was around 2. Then my husband adopted him very easily when he was 8. Still paid over $5,000 in lawyer fees though in all.

Has anyone on here as were successfully terminated by logical parents right for stepparent adoption?

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