I want my birth name back how do i do that?

You can change your name using the process here: https://www.courts.ca.gov/22489.htm. You may want to contact your local court to ask if they have...

Hello. Kindly can you tell up to which age can child be adopted in the USA?

You can be adopted as an adult if you are over 18 and the person adopting you is older than you. However, adoption does not necessarily convey...

How can my husband adopt my son who he has raised for 11yrs, the biological father has not been in his life for those 11yrs.

You would want to do what is called a stepparent adoption, which terminates bio dad's parental rights and allows your husband to adopt. It takes a...

I agree with the above. However, without marriage you can still do a second parent adoption instead of a stepparent adoption. It is just a more...

If I put someone on the birth certificate who is not the father can I take him off even though it’s been 9 months?

You can contest the birth certificate if he signed a voluntary declaration of paternity, but there is a limited time in which you can do so, so you...

Terminate rights or step parent adoption?

The termination of dad's rights will be a part of the stepparent adoption. But you can't get the stepparent adoption without being married to...

What do I do if I know someone os collecting child support and the child is not who she says?

If a person signs a voluntary declaration of parentage, they generally only have two years to contest it. After that time, subject to a few...

Can I adopt my 16 year old sister?

There needs to be more information, like your age and situation before that question can be answered, but it sounds possible, especially if father...

Birth Certificate Lost?

You may want to have the county search under your birth name. If that doesn't work, you may want to try reaching out the California Department of...

How to renew an expired passport when aka was assumed 55 yrs ago with no legal connection to birth name?

If you can't find any legal document to prove your current legal name, as a worst case scenario, you could do a new legal name change to confirm...