Adopting An Adult Of 20Years Old

[LBird]

My husband wants to formally adopt my son. He has been his father for 19 of his 20years. My husband is British but we live in New Zealand. The reason and request for the adoption has come from our son because although our son's surname has been changed to my husbands surname through Deed poll in New Zealand, our son wants formal recognition that my husband is his father in the true sense of the Law. He does not want his biological fathers name to appear on his birth certificate and in addition, when he gets married one day, he wants to hold my husbands surname legally. My husband is the only father my son has every known or had.

We need to know:
1. Is it possible?
2. How can we go about and/or who can we contact to proceed?

[murraymints]

see my response in other thread

[bednobs]

you can't just change someone's father. Their father IS their father, it's a fact that is immutable. I would highly doubt you can adopt an adult. Your husband ISNT your son's biological father in "the true sense of the law"

[Suetheramble]

I am sure my friends brother was adopted by them at the age of 18 because he was able to sign his own papers to agree to the adoption.
I think it was done so he was treated the same inheritance wise

[sharplesson]

so it is good thing, if your son wants it to be done, then you should feel happy.