Yes, when the father's parental rights are terminated.
No, if you are married you cannot adopt unless both of you are willing to adopt.
There is no reason why you cannot adopt for whatever reason, whether single, divorced, or married. However, if the reason for adoption is access to benefits through your husband, then HE would need to adopt the child. This sounds unlikely.
You need your husband to adopt your son.
Unless he was designated in the Will, but the father can also challenge.
No. If you are married you adopt as a couple and with one of you being here illegally that is not allowed. That would mean one of the parents could be forced to leave at any moment and not come back. You can only adopt as a single if you really are single.
My answer would be No, but a single person can adopt with no problem. The married couple is looked at as one, and both have to agree. * No, fortunately. There is no court in the land that would allow an adoption under such circumstances. The idea of a child being placed in a home where only one of the individuals was agreeable to the idea is counterproductive to the entire purpose of adoption.
Your husband's step-daughter could be your daughter.Your husband could also have a step-daughter who is the daughter of a previous wife from her prior marriage to someone else. In that case, his step-daughter is not related to you, unless you adopt her.
to espouse = 1. to take someone as your wife or husband 2. to adopt and usually show support for political ideologies, religious beliefs, etc. E.g. The democratic candidate espouses wide-reaching health-care reform.
The father would need to legally give up his rights to the child or the court would have to take them away in order for the new husband to adopt the child.
Single or married.
Once you and your husband are married, your husband can petition for the child's status at the same time he petitions for the wife. There is no need for a formal adoption for the child to be given unconditional residency status if you have been married for more than 6 months at the time of the application.
You can adopt as a single parent but as a couple you have to be married.