[nickiec4151]

I have a 12 year old son that my husband of 11 years wants to adopt. We wanted to wait until "our" son was old enough to make his own deceisions on wether or not he wanted my husband to adopt him or not, and when he came to us 3 years ago asking question, we sat down with him and explained everything to him with no harsh fillings about his bio. father. We asked him if he wanted to be adopted by my husband and he said yes. We are now financaley set to proceed with the adoption. I guess my question is, can we go about this adoption without the consent of the bio. father which has never had any contact with him since birth or do we need his signiture? His name is on the birth certificate. And can i still collect back child support or will that ruin the chances of abandoment charges?