What he means is that the court order of child support amounts to a de facto legitimation. But either way, yes, you have to deal with his rights...

How can I recoup money for veterinary fees for a dog I adopted from a rescue?

AVVO has not hesitated to bark out the threat of penalties, so it may condemn me here, but I think the "Adoption" label here refers to adoption of...

Do I have grounds for termination of parental rights and step parent adoption?

If he agrees to the adoption, he'll get $0.00 child support without petitioning for it. And in your daughter's mind, he'll never not be biological...

How long can a parent go without contacting a child for it to be considered abandonment ?

Those time frames are statutory "suggestions" that the judge can consider (when an adoption is pending), but the judge's discretion is the only...

If I'm on the birth certificate and I'm not the father, what rights do I have? Can I get my name off of the birth certificate?

So … a multi-millionaire connived to get a retiree on a fixed income on the hook for child support, and you posted a question about it under...

How do me and my ex boyfriend go about him giving up his rights to our teenage sons?

Chris Ambrose is pretty near you, in Thomasville. He knows adoption law.

Despite the subject matter, this is an intellectual property question rather than an adoption question. (I suspect that the passage of 30+ years...

He has rights, but they are potential, not actual. (Term in the law is "opportunity interest," meaning he has the legally protected right to an...

If you adopted your child and now the child wants to live with the god mother can he do that in the state of Georgia

You're the parent, you decide. The law does not afford adoptees (of any age) to decide to change homes the way the child of divorced parents can. ...

Can I adopt my cousin's children age 13 & 17 from india who have finacial problems due to father's sudden death?

It likely CAN be done, but the immigration and adoption issues are thorny and need a good lawyer. Call Irene Steffas (she'll know me if you...