My niece is having a baby and wants to sign over all rights to me at the hospital. What are the steps we need to take ?
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Answered on December 05, 2023
It might seem like it should be simple, but changing the legal parenthood from what a child is born into is not a small thing. If you need time to...
Does an adopted child still have inheritance rights from the biological grandmother?
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Answered on November 17, 2023
Technically, under the law, if the inheritance vested before the adoption, the adoption did not deprive the child of that inheritance. If the...
Can you terminate parental rights due to you not ready to take care of a child or to avoid child support?
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Answered on October 15, 2023
One might think that, but a child needs to eat. The law doesn't allow a biological father to announce that he won't pay child support because he's...
My son's father died, my fiance wants to adopt him but let him keep his fathers last name?
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Answered on September 23, 2023
In Columbus, call Tom Tebeau. (706) 327-115.
I would like to know what chance I have at winning my case if I represented myself? Or how much it would cost for an attorney?
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Answered on July 15, 2023
Yeah, you have to legitimize, or else legally, you're not the child's father, and thus cannot object to the adoption. What your "chances" might be...
Will a contract Surrogate mother be legal?
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Answered on July 05, 2023
This question seems to have been somehow specially proffered to me, but I don't do surrogacy, so I cannot answer it.
Will I be able to change my daughter's last name or have her adopted if I get married and would I need permission?
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Answered on June 09, 2023
Your closest adoption attorneys would be Tom Tebeau in Columbus and Chris Ambrose down in Thomasville.
Can my Finalized Georgia step parent adoption be Revoked by a South Carolina judge
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Answered on April 05, 2023
Hoo, boy, that's a mess. In your adoption action, was any notice given of it to the SC grandma? (Because it should have been.)
How Do i transfer jurisidiction to another state when the noncustodial parent has stated they will sign over rights.
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Answered on January 07, 2023
There's no need to transfer jurisdiction for that. He can sign stuff in WA.
My sons father just got life in prison and i can't take care of them so can i let my father adopt them to my father?
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Answered on December 07, 2022
He CAN, yes, but that doesn't mean there will be no fight over it.