What is the procedure to domesticate a foreign adoption?

Congratulations on your adoption! Obtaining a U.S.-issued birth certificate is usually one of the motivating factors behind a domestication. ...

As an attorney who has worked with numerous relatives in your position, both when I worked for Atlanta Legal Aid and now as a private attorney, I...

Can I adopt my stepdaughter?

I completely understand your desire to make the relationship you have with your stepdaughter a legal reality. Because I do not know all of the...

How can I adopt?

While I do not have enough facts to give you specific legal advice, I can tell you that it is possible to adopt your niece and nephew and that some...

As noted by others, adult adoption is usually far more simple and much cheaper than the process for adopting a child, such as you have already...

I understand your irritation at this disparate treatment of biological and adoptive parents. I imagine that the psychologist's office simply wants...

Step Parent Adoptions

I cannot offer you any legal advice, but I can tell you that, generally speaking, it is possible to terminate a biological father's rights in a...

Adoption of stepchild - absent biological parent may surface and contest

I encourage you to meet with an attorney to discuss the procedures for a stepparent adoption as your first step. You may find that the fee is more...

What type of attorney do we need and does a judge usually give grandparents custody if the child's parents don't want them ?

I recommend that you contact the Georgia Legal Services Program. GLSP can assist some relatives with the adoption of minor children in their care....

What does my husband need to do to adopt my daughter?

I encourage you to meet with an attorney to discuss the procedures for a stepparent adoption as your first step. You may find that the fee is more...