By its terms in GA, the UCCJEA does not apply to adoption.

Call Juli Wisotsky in Athens, (706) 207-5201.

Call Juli Wisotsky or Judy Sartain.

Unless the child is under 1 year, yeah, has to be a full adoption.

Well, actually, unless he's an actual threat of physical harm, that pretty much can't be done. Reason being, not only is he a POTENTIAL source of...

Mr. Zezima is correct. Because your stepfather has to be the one filing the Petition, it can't really be that much of a "surprise." I have...

Could you give more details? Was DFCS involved?

You're near Macon. Call Jay Strickland there. (478) 745-2821.

"Abandonment" can be very hard to show in GA. If biodad will sign consent, what you want to do is quite feasible. If not, it may not be worth...

Thanks, Barb! Yeah, it's way more involved and complicated than it might seem now. The kid needs a legally adequate birth certificate to be...