You need to consult an immigration attorney to review the specific facts of your nephew's situation, and determine whether any immigration options...

No rights of inheritance remain after a court has issued an order of adoption. The adoption terminated all legal relationship between you and your...

To answer the part about adoption specifically, no, your spouse cannot adopt the children unless their mother consents, or there is a legal ground...

From what you have shared, it sounds like you have a strong case to terminate his rights for abandonment under Family Code Section 7822, and...

If you are adopting your brother only to qualify for some short-term benefit, with no intention of actually being his parent, that would be a fraud...

California courts are generally not favorable to sibling visitation petitions, unless they occur in the context of a juvenile court proceeding,...

While it is unusual for a parent to be appointed as a legal guardian of his or her own child, courts have been known to grant joint guardianship to...

AOnce parental rights are terminated, the biological grandparents are no longer the legal grandparents. Unless you voluntarily enter into a signed...

You had best be very, very careful here. Moving a minor across state lines without parental permission is almost always a crime under the laws of...

Merely getting guardianship or even adopting them in the US will not confer immigration benefits. If they suffered abuse, neglect, or abandonment...