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How can my fiance adopt my twin girls when their biological father is in Jail and awaiting trial in 2015 for a double homicide?
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Answered on July 04, 2014
Jay Strickland is the most experienced adoption attorney I know of in Macon.
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What is the process to start a contested adoption?
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Answered on July 03, 2014
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...
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Do I need a lawyer ?
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Answered on May 30, 2014
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...
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How can my fiancé and I change my baby's last name/ do a step parent adoption?
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Answered on May 28, 2014
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...
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Mom/bio dads rights
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Answered on May 16, 2014
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...
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If I sign my parental (child is up for adoption) rights away in GA, am I still responsible to pay court order child support?
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Answered on May 12, 2014
Note that nothing changes until the decree is final. Until then, your obligations continue
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My children live with their aunt but she won't adopt them because she likes to have me put in jail for child support.
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Answered on May 05, 2014
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?
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Answered on April 28, 2014
Call attorney Juli Wisotsky in Athens.
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Will i need legal rep.for a private independent adoption with the birth mother resides in FL, and adoption parents in GA
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Answered on April 22, 2014
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...
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My 13 year old wants to be adopted by step-dad, given she has little contact or support from bio dad; is this possible?
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Answered on April 13, 2014
Mr. Ashman is exactly right. The child needs a stepfather willing to step up to parenting, not just termination of the biodad.
