I have been raising an infant girl in my home since she was around 2.5 months old she is now 2 years old. We received legal guardian ship of the child last October 2011. The birth father has never been a factor, the mother before we received custody was not stable and rarely came around the child has never formed an attachment to her... View Full Answer
If i already have temporory guardianship of a minor child how do i go about adopting him. I am not related to him at all DEFCS asked me to take him temporary until his dad got better (dad on drugs and not doing right) this was a year ago. in november his dad got locked back up and is still in jail. the childs mom left when he was 8... View Full Answer
My daughter doesn't want us to get married so she doesn't feel left out not having the same last name. We have been together for 7 years she calls him dad. her biological dad and his family want nothing to do with her. I'm not working at this moment and i have 2 other children by my boyfriend right now. I s there anything that i can do?
My biological father wants to adopted me, he lives in Nevada and I live in California. There is no way for him to attend the court hearing. Is there anything I can do to bypass this? I am 39 and he is 64. I was adopted in the late 70's by a man who is no were near close to a father and when he passed away in 2004 it was made very clear... View Full Answer
My husband would like to adopt my son. The bio dad is on the birth certificate, but has never financialy provided for the child nor has he seen him since he was 8months old. My son is now 7. How do we go about removing him from the birth certificate and getting my husband to be able to adopt him. My husband has been supporting my son... View Full Answer
A friend of mine signed over temporary guardianship of her 5 week old son. I got super attached to him quickly so we have talked about joint custody so that when she starts keeping him again ( he has been living with me for the past few weeks) I will still get rights to him. She has seen him twice in the past few weeks but didn't hardly... View Full Question
My husband and I are foster parents. We have a 1 year old baby boy in our home, currently. We have had him since he was 1 month old. We are in the process of adopting him... it is a long road as he is an Indian. We are working on it, but it will probably be 6-12 more months before the adoption is complete. We do not have a home study... View Full Question
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