The Ukrainian government informed the Department of State they do not approve Ukrainian children for temporary travel to the United States at this...

Courts in Virginia will not generally terminate parental rights unless there is an adoption or stepparent adoption. Virginia also now permits an...

What you are asking to do is a step-parent adoption. Since you are an adult, no consent is necessary from your biological father. Your stepfather...

I have worked with an adoption attorney in Rochester a couple of times over the years named Greg Franklin...

Write a Last Will and Testament. That will ensure the adopted child will receive exactly what you want to provide.

Your stepmom needs to reach out to an adoption attorney since this is not a do-it-yourself project. Your birth mother will have to be notified and...

There are no forms for adoption in Virginia. Adoption is not a do-it-yourself project. You really need to hire an adoption attorney who can ask the...

Typically Social Security Death Benefits continue after the child is adopted.

What you are attempting to do is not a do-it-yourself project. You need to know what Visa the child arrived in in to the US. The I-130 will not...

Vietnam is a member of the Hague Convention on International Adoption which adds immigration complexities. There is only one attorney in Virginia...