Savannah, GA
Adoption Lawyer at Savannah, GA
Practice Areas: Adoption
It's actually more involved, and even complex, than your questions seem to imply. The biological father retains rights of Constitutional magnitude...
I reread to be sure, but … you're not currently married, right? If not, he can still adopt, but it would be a third-party adoption, not a...
The first question is whether the adoption idea is agreeable to the biological parents. There are several subsequent steps depending on how that...
In this situation, what Mr. Birchmore said is effectively true. it's not immediate, but after six months have passed (O.C.G.A. §19-8-18), yeah,...
That's a pain if the Macon area courts require a home evaluation for a stepparent adoption! That would be waived in Savannah! Anyway, yeah, call...
I only do adoption. This us outside my expertise.
Under the law now, I believe he can actually adopt her. Guardianship is feasible, without terminating your rights, but if anything happened to...
Yes, but care must be taken with how it's done. The advice to consult an attorney is good. (The adoption code now allows publication to be done...
Notice has to be given to her biological father even for a name change, but it will still leave more rights to her in him than in your current...
Call Jay Strickland. [More characters, because AVVO has a minimum of 35 here.]