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...

I'm afraid the answer to that is an emphatic Yes. There are several in the Atlanta area.

O.C.G.A. §19-8-26 has all the "forms" pertaining to adoption, but many lawyers here will agree that trying to do it without a lawyer borders on...

Changing a person's legal parents (and, optionally, the birth certificate), is more complex than many realize. How old are the people in question?

Thanks for choosing me! This isn't an adoption question (all I do), but so far as I know you can sign his name, but that won't make him the...

In your area of the state, try Michael Jennings (Chattanooga, but licensed in GA), Judy Sartain (Gainesville), or Juli Wisotsky (Athens).

Be sure you're registered here: https://dph.georgia.gov/ways-request-vital-record/putative-father-registry

How to start the Adoption process?

Legally, it will not be difficult, but changing legal parenthood (even of only one parent) is often more expensive than people anticipate. There...

It's not "open and shut," but probably. If the biodad WILL sign, that will head off possible future friction points with your son, though. It's...

You mean UNLESS she is legally adopted? Changing a person's legal parents is not a simple "fill in the forms" matter. Legally, adult adoption...