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I have a son that I have full custody of. His father has a 10 year no contact order to the age of 18. I would like to know has anyone got married to a someone out of thier own country and had that person adopt thier child. I would like my fiance to adopt him so we will all have the same last name and feel as one. I came from a split family and always had a different last name than the rest of the family. I didn't feel as close to the family as the others seemed to be. I was the only one that was fathered by the man my mother married. I would like to spare my son of these feelings as my fiance also has two boys that carry the same last name as him. Just a thought and looking for any stories from others that went through this process????

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Hi,

I know next to nothing about adoption but just wanted to say I think it's a really nice idea of yours and I can understand how being the only one in the family with a different surname would be not so nice for a child.

As an aside, have you thought of just legally changing his last name?

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I have a son that I have full custody of. His father has a 10 year no contact order to the age of 18. I would like to know has anyone got married to a someone out of thier own country and had that person adopt thier child. I would like my fiance to adopt him so we will all have the same last name and feel as one. I came from a split family and always had a different last name than the rest of the family. I didn't feel as close to the family as the others seemed to be. I was the only one that was fathered by the man my mother married. I would like to spare my son of these feelings as my fiance also has two boys that carry the same last name as him. Just a thought and looking for any stories from others that went through this process????

I as well don't have any concrete advice, but I do know of a couple who were going the opposite route...the US citizen moved to Canada and the US fiance adopted the Canadian citizen's child. It seemed to happen pretty quickly, so I imagine with the help of a good attorney (or maybe just a free consultation to get you started in the right direction), it shouldn't be too difficult.

And since you live so close by, Greetings from Victoria, BC! :dance:

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Thank you both for your imput. I will put both advice to use. Thanks again. To my Victoria counterpart. I have lived here in Comox for 6 years and have never been there to Victoria before EVER!! Shame on me. I do fly in and out of there next month to go volunteer at NASCAR in Florida. It is my third year working at the track, just for fun and to rub shoulders with those incrediable drivers. :)

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I had a girlfriend back in Saskatchewan, with somewhat of a similar story...meaning the non-contact order. She too had full custody. I don't have all the particulars right now, but she did have to have agreement from the birth father to change her child's last name. He held off (the birth father) for a year or so, just to be pissy I think. Eventually he agreed, and signed the papers so that her new husband could "adopt" her son and he could take her husband's name. Something to check into I'm sure. I do know, that she assumed because of the no contact order, and her having full custody she could just do this on her own, but that wasn't the case. I'm sure a free consult with a local lawyer specializing in family law could answer this though.

Best of luck!

Carla (F)

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I have a son that I have full custody of. His father has a 10 year no contact order to the age of 18. I would like to know has anyone got married to a someone out of thier own country and had that person adopt thier child. I would like my fiance to adopt him so we will all have the same last name and feel as one. I came from a split family and always had a different last name than the rest of the family. I didn't feel as close to the family as the others seemed to be. I was the only one that was fathered by the man my mother married. I would like to spare my son of these feelings as my fiance also has two boys that carry the same last name as him. Just a thought and looking for any stories from others that went through this process????

I adopted my step daughter when she arrived with my wife. K3/K4. My wife is a widow so there were no problems with the bio father. VERY easy process for me. Hired attorney for $1000 and I basically didn't have to do anything. It only took 2 months.

WAY easier than immigration.

She should get her "automatic" US Citizenship any time now. Moms has to wait the 3 years tho.

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K1 denied, K3/K4, CR-1/CR-2, AOS, ROC, Adoption, US citizenship and dual citizenship

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