Hie ok here i go i have a 5 year old daughter and her legal father has not been in her life for four years and when i had her his family and him kept trien to take her from me for good and so i had no choice but to protect her they were on drugs and his mother had 7 kids she didnt take care of . Let me remind u i was very young at the time . Over the years she has never received anything no phone call or anything and recently i found his other babys mother on facebook and got his number and simply asked him to go to courthouse and give up his rights .. he has family violence on his record from wen he was with me he was very violent and from what i heard has not changed anyway he cant afford to take care of the other two he just had so honestly i dont want my baby in that situation . Im married has been for almost 4 years and since her legal dad was not in the picture my daughter got so used to him that thats her father and she doesent know any better.. k well the legal dad said no he wont give uo his rights he says he wants to try to make it work with her but for one i live 5 hours away hes in houston im in east tx so i dont see that working and he does not have a car now and second of all i dont want my daughter in all that mess she has a good life but her last name is his and she asks why and im afraid to tell her and third i dont know how my husband will take that he loves her so much hes been there for four years and hes been the one wen she was sick to teach her wen she gets a boo boo and i also have another child and prwg with third so i just want to go about having his rights terminated for good and have my husband adopt her . The legal dad never searched for her and i kept going back there wen she was a baby and he never wante to be a man and take care of her soo why now ??? Please help me i made up my mind i want his rights terminated and if you answer my question with wat u think about my situation keep going. I also have consulted a attorneyapt is nxtwk