[RiverBG]

Hi. I'm new to these forums. I was doing some research online about step-parent adoptions and found a lot of good info on these boards. I do have a couple of questions/concerns. My ex is a convicted sex offender and is also a registered one. I have custody of our 10 yr old daughter. I remarried 5 years ago. We are exploring the possibilty of my husband adopting my daughter. My ex has been discharged from the prison system and is now free from the prison and parole system. He has only paid child support a total of 3 times in the last 7 years. He's only seen his daughter a total 2 times in the last 7 years and that was within the last 6 months. He has moved out of state and keeps saying that he's going to start making good on child support. But I seriously doubt that as he's recently informed me that he's getting re-married and his fiancee is pregnant. I'm afraid of his family harassing me so he doesn't have my home phone or address. He does however have my husband's cell and my email. He contacts me on average about once a week to see how my daughter is doing. The wonderful California court system kept setting child support at zero when he was in jail and then revisited the issue when he was out. However, he is debt several thousand dollars in back child support.

So will all that rambling behind me, do I stand a better chance of terminating his parental rights based on abandonment or the fact that he's a convicted felon? Also, if anyone has the form # to petition for termination of parental rights, please pass that on. That's the one form I haven't found.

Thanks

Janice
Proud mom of Savannah (10) & Tamrah (4)