Grandparent wants to adopt child out to a third party due to child abandonment. How to go about this?
These other people who want to adopt should contact a lawyer in their state to be told how to proceed.
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These other people who want to adopt should contact a lawyer in their state to be told how to proceed.
Only if your grandmother agrees. Your father is a legal stranger to you. He has no more parental rights to you than a stranger, so it is an...
Typically, it is not illegal. You need a court order to prevent her from future harassment.
A name change should not be required with an adoption order that changes the name. A new birth certificate is typically issued.
I changed this area to immigration, because you are asking whether or not you can make them U.S. citizens and the typical adoption lawyer will not...
You can. I believe the parents would have to be notified, as well as your wife, and their consent will be required. However, it is doubtful...
Follow the advice of social security. She may have to have a regard of immigration, baptism, someone else near her age to testify on her behalf as...
The biggest question is where is the father? Does he consent?
Typically, DCFS wants a foster parent to adopt if the child has been placed in their care for a year. If that is not the case or the foster parent...
The people who want to adopt would have to file the adoption petition.