How do we adopt our step-children?

The issues in your two situations are slightly different, and they require handling that may range from slightly to greatly different. I would...

How can my fiance adopt my twin girls when their biological father is in Jail and awaiting trial in 2015 for a double homicide?

Jay Strickland is the most experienced adoption attorney I know of in Macon.

What is the process to start a contested adoption?

The answer to your final question is 18. It sounds likely to me that their father will not contest it. But he is definitely entitled to notice of...

Do I need a lawyer ?

The answer to your question is, yes, you need a lawyer. Don't know the judges in your area, but those who say you should "get" him for abandonment...

How can my fiancé and I change my baby's last name/ do a step parent adoption?

The "window" for a man adding his name to a fatherless birth certificate is, I think, 1 year (it may be 6 months, I'm not sure). But even so, it...

Mom/bio dads rights

No, he has to petition to become the legal father. If bio dad is under a child support order, it doesn't matter that he's not on the birth...

If I sign my parental (child is up for adoption) rights away in GA, am I still responsible to pay court order child support?

Note that nothing changes until the decree is final. Until then, your obligations continue

My children live with their aunt but she won't adopt them because she likes to have me put in jail for child support.

There is no such thing as being "required" to adopt. How old are the kids? At some point, if she's lying to them, they will come to resent that. ...

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What other documents should I present to judge besides adoption papers, to adoption grandchild?

Call attorney Juli Wisotsky in Athens.

Will i need legal rep.for a private independent adoption with the birth mother resides in FL, and adoption parents in GA

You will, in fact, need a lawyer in Florida, and will have to comply with the ICPC. It will cost a lot more than you may be hoping. I often hear...