Can I fill for abandonment?

The key to the abandonment statute is no contact or visitation for the 6 months immediately prior to the filing of the Petition for Adoption. The...

Can I sign over my rights to a friend of mine without paying adoption fees?

Typically as a birth mother in an adoption or a surrogate, you do not pay any fees but rather the receiving family does. It is a legal process to...

adopted my niece - an illegal immigrant and process completed when she was 7 - can she become US citizen?

That depends on what country she is from since that will determine if the Hague Convention on International Adoption will apply. Please consult...

What can I do about getting my daughters donor to give up rights?

I suggest that you look at adoptionart.org where you can find a qualified and experienced attorney in this area who is a member of The Academy of...

How do I go by getting what was promised in open adoption

Open adoptions were totally voluntarily 9 years ago. There is no way to enforce them. I would suggest that you gently and respectfully approach the...

The general rule is that anything past due by a Court Order is still owing but any future payments are not sue from the time your parental rights...

As Attorney Crouch said, only if there is an adoption will the Court allow a birth father to relinquish his parental rights. Even then, an adoption...

Based upon the brief facts you presented, it sounds like an adoption will probably be successful. The real question is how difficult the birth...

How do survivor benefits work if a child is adopted?

SSI Survivor Benefits continue after a stepparent adoption. A stepparent adoption can move quickly when the biological father is deceased. There is...

Is a Canadian attorney or Reno attorney needed to handle a step parent adoption if we are canadian citizens residing in Nevada?

If you are residing in Nevada, you should be able to file there. You can find an excellent and knowledgeable adoption attorney in Reno at...