IT sounds like the type of case that would qualify for your attorney to conduct a search of the Virginia Birth Father Registry to check if any man...

If Maddie has lived in your home for a period of at least three months prior to becoming eighteen years of age then you can proceed to adopt her....

There are a lot more facts you will need to discuss with an adoption attorney to determine if you will be able to successfully adopt your...

You can always represent yourself in an adoption. But, there is a reason for the saying that someone who represents themself has a fool for an...

Virginia does not use forms because there are a variety of options. In your case, we can ask the court to waive the investigation by your county...

If the birth mother has not visited or contacted the child for at lease 6 months immediately prior to filing your case, the Court shall waive her...

What you are asking to do is called a Confirmatory Adoption which was written into the Virginialaw in 2022. This will allow your brother to become...

An interstate adoption is complicated in that it has many steps each have to be precise and done timely. Most attorneys do not have the knowledge...

In Virginia, parental rights are automatically terminated by the granting of the adoption. Therefore, you do not need to bring a separate...

Adoptions are something that needs to be done with precision and everything needs to be properly asked including for waivers in the Petition for...