Adoption of a child

[klmccloud31]

My husband and I have legal guardianship of a 2 year old girl and we have had her since she was 5 months old. We are all she know as far as mother and father. We want to adopt her and in the state of Colorado, we were told we could do a custodial adoption if we've had her over a year. Neither one of us are the biological parent nor are we related to her. The mother is wants us to adopt her and she does not know who the father is; where do we go from here?

 

[Duranie]

You need to see an attorney and get this done right. She has to know who the father is because she is going to have to have him terminate rights. You might have to put a notice in a publication. Until the courts give you some sort of guardianship or custody you have no rights to this child.