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Poolside, thank you for your respones. After reading your last one, I got on the phone with an attorney.
Thought it might be good to share....
PA
They do not require a home study.
No digging into finances.
No criminal background. (Which I did find odd, but I guess they figure I would know best)
We will have to tell the court that I adopted Danny prior to marriage, in order to get around terminting the birth Father's rights, since that was already done when Danny was born.
Process will take about 3 months once the petition is filed.
He will charge a $500 retainer fee, and $150 each hour after, which I also thought was high, but considering what I paid the attornies for the initial adoption I should not complain!
I need to provide the adoption decree and of course Danny's birth certificate now, along with all of our social security numbers and the marriage certificate.
So basically that is it in a nutshell. I figure we will go and meet with him within the next week and take it from there. My husband and I just want it done, it is the right time and he is Danny's Dad.
Ya know I think sometimes, like, what if we get divorced... but ya know what, it is not about me, it is about our son, and again that is always his Daddy. The paperwork really means little to us in the long run, but I know that we have to have it. We should not have waited so long, but I also think that maybe part of that was me as well. The more I think about it, the more I think that it really was me! I know I know, selfish, right? But now, I know that he is my husband's son, and mine. He has been there since Danny was born!
although, now do I ahve to change his baptismal certificate??? Geez, the things that run through your head. I have it framed and hanging up in his room. (Danny will know that he is adopted and he will know the processes we went through including this) so maybe I can just have the baptismal stay as it is?....is that wrong?
Okay that is enough of me blabbering at the mouth!!
cherishtoday
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