If bio dad is willing to consent, your husband can adopt. If not, you would have to prove abandonment, which would require at least no contact and...

It sounds like your 20-year-old son would like to be adopted by your husband? You can do that through an adult adoption process. The only people...

If a woman is married at the time of the birth of a child, her spouse will by default be put on the birth certificate. If there is another person...

You would have to do an adult adoption, which doesn't have forms. There's a good explanation of the process here:...

If you are married at the time of birth, the birth clerks should automatically put you on the birth certificate without the need to sign a...

In any adoption in the state of California, the spouse of the adopting parent must consent. However, if he is the biological father, then that...

There are a lot of ins and outs with stepparent adoption, but depending on when your step son's 18th birthday is and the specific facts of your...

Hi - if you are an adult, you can be adopted by any adult who is older than you as long as you consent, the adoptive parent consent, and your...

You have the choice to either just change your daughter's last name or go through the full adoption process. The name change is mostly symbolic. ...

If the biological father is willing to consent, then you can just do a stepparent adoption with a limited home study. If he is not willing to...