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| Nephew | 9/23/2008 |
Q: I live in PA my question is I have full custody of my 9 month old nephew I have had him for 7 months ...
A: Sharon you will need to contact a lawyer unless your custody was arranged by the state. I am only ...
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| My husband adopting my daughter | 9/15/2008 |
Q: My husband and I are trying to find out what has to be done for him to adopt my 2 year old. The ...
A: Jenny usualy no matter what has occured with the biological father in the past he has all the rights ...
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| legel guardianship | 9/10/2008 |
Q: My husband and I have had custody of his nephew since he was eight months old. I am concerned ...
A: Stacey you need to talk to a lawyer asap. I have no idea how this will play out in your state. Talk ...
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| Adopting through family members | 8/12/2008 |
Q: My husband's cousin and his girlfriend are pregnant and want us to adopt the baby. We don't have ...
A: It is Not legal and immoral and if caught you could all face criminal charges Call around I am sure ...
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| Private Adoption | 8/8/2008 |
Q: My husband & I live in PA. A good friend was (a pastor's wife) was approached about a young girl ...
A: It may be possible you need a homestudy and you need to follow state laws for both states on how ...
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| adoption | 7/30/2008 |
Q: I'm in foster care. I've been in it for 3 yrs, now 16. My birth mom now is wanting me back. Is hard ...
A: I hope that your open to being adopted by the foster parents you currently have now? How do you feel ...
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| Legally Adopt | 7/29/2008 |
Q: I can no longer have kids but my husband is still capable of producing them. My sister who is ...
A: As in any situation such as this it depends on your state laws does state law allow and actually ...
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| adoption | 7/27/2008 |
Q: I'm in foster care. I've been in it for 3 yrs, now 16. My birth mom now is wanting me back. Is hard ...
A: Alex unless your birthmom had her parental rights terminated you would still be her child. How long ...
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| Adobtion | 7/26/2008 |
Q: My child"s father wishes to terminate his parental rights in Indiana. Can my boyfriend adopt my ...
A: Maribeth in almost every state you have to be married to someone for them to adopt your child. I ...
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| adoption | 7/25/2008 |
Q: I'm in foster care. I've been in it for 3 yrs, now 16. My birth mom now is wanting me back. Is hard ...
A: Alex unless your caseworekr says that your birthmom has done her case plan and I mean every singl;e ...
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| adopting my niece | 7/25/2008 |
Q: i have provisional custody of my 7 yr old niece and my husband and i want to get full permanent ...
A: Samanthaa no way to bipas the courts this must be done legally and that means following the laws and ...
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| adopting my niece | 7/23/2008 |
Q: i have provisional custody of my 7 yr old niece and my husband and i want to get full permanent ...
A: You will need the birthmom and birthdad to voluntarily relinquinsh their rights thru a lawyer you ...
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| My Niece is pregnant | 7/14/2008 |
Q: My niece is pregnant and lives with us (in Florida). She will continue to live with us as she ...
A: I would call a lawyer to see what the laws are pertaining to adopting a family member in florida. ...
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| Adopting our nephew | 6/9/2008 |
Q: My husband and I have been caring for our 3 1/2 week old nephew since he was 6 days old. My sister ...
A: Melissa you and your sister need to contact a lawyer as the babies father needs to be agreeable to ...
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| adoption | 5/19/2008 |
Q: My sister lives in Arkansas and me and my husband and boys live in Kansas. My sister knows a women ...
A: Yes you must have a homestudy done and approved prior to this child being born you will also need a ...
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| Adopted 5 children, now there is another child | 4/24/2008 |
Q: My question is, that my husband and I adopted our 5 children after fostering them for 2 years. We ...
A: You should speak to your workers supervisor and the childrens guardian at litem. Sadly birth family ...
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| My adoptive daughter | 4/12/2008 |
Q: my story is very long, but the question is...do I, as an adoptive Mother have the right to try to ...
A: As far as finding your daughters birthmom I am not sure that anyone will give you identifying ...
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| Adopting my nephew | 4/9/2008 |
Q: I am 24 years old married with two sons ages 4 and 6. My wife is Active Duty Coast Guard. My sister ...
A: You need to talk to a lawyer and since your wife is in the military they may be able to help with ...
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| Is this normal...... | 4/4/2008 |
Q: My 19 year old adoptive son (he is our only child) would like to "see" his birth mother and I have ...
A: C.J. It is very normal for you your sons mom to have these feelings it is also normal for him to ...
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| Adopting a newborn | 3/25/2008 |
Q: A friend daughters who is 16 has a infant that she can not take care of. I am willing to take ...
A: Landy you did not state if the friends daughter wishes for someone else to raise her child and if ...
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| Adopting Sisters Baby | 3/24/2008 |
Q: I'm a single mom, I have a 21 month girl. I'm starting college this fall. I am only 18. But my ...
A: Ashley I am sorry but I do not know a single caseworer whom would approve you to adopt. I also do ...
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| Father is illegal immigrant, expecting Mom is in prison | 3/8/2008 |
Q: Our 21 yo daughter is in SD prison for parole violation. Discovered she was pregnant shortly after ...
A: Sadly this is not your choice to make but hers, even if she does have problems she still has every ...
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| Adoption | 3/7/2008 |
Q: I am 34 yrs of age. I was adopted when I was maybe 6 months. I also have 2 other brothers who were ...
A: There are many things to look into. Was your adoption thru an agency or thru a private adoption that ...
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| can a 19 yr undocumented immigrant be adopted?? | 2/29/2008 |
Q: my name is jodie and I'm an undocumented immigrant living in New York state! my birth mom made my ...
A: Jodie, first of all you would have to go thru this legally and your immigrant status could make ...
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| adopt | 2/23/2008 |
Q: i have temp guardianship of a 11 month old but i have had her since she was a day old her mom has ...
A: Dana I thought I had answered this question but just in case I will go ahead and answer it again. ...
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| Adopting our 9 yr old Grandaughter | 2/19/2008 |
Q: Last July 5th we were granted full guardianship of our 9 yr old granddaughter. Her mother is a ...
A: You need to talk to a lawyer I have never heard of getting to adopt just because your guardians for ...
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| boyfriend adopting my daughter | 2/5/2008 |
Q: ..i don't so much know my daughter's father and my boyfriend, who has been her father since she was ...
A: Jessica, you need to talk to a lawyer to get first the biological fathers rights terminated then to ...
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| Adopting sisters baby | 1/28/2008 |
Q: My sister in law gave birth to a child in August. She has drug problems, among other things. She ...
A: Alot depends on state laws most only give the birthparents a specific amount of time after they sign ...
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| Adopting sisters baby | 1/24/2008 |
Q: My sister in law gave birth to a child in August. She has drug problems, among other things. She ...
A: Nita alot depends on which state you live in as well as does your sister also live in your state? ...
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| Going from Legal Guardianship to Adoption | 1/8/2008 |
Q: My Husband and I have a bit of a unique situation. We took legal guardianship of a 15 year old boy ...
A: I wish yours was a question I felt capable of answering my best advice is that you really need to ...
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| Adopting | 12/12/2007 |
Q: My mother wants to adopt a 4 year old child. My sister is also 4. I am alot older than my sister ...
A: It is possible to adopt a child in that age range but almost everyone I know that is specific on ...
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| want to adopt just are not wealthy | 12/12/2007 |
Q: how hard is it to find a girl wanting to give up an infant
A: It can be very difficult to find a potential birthmom to place her child with you and sadly unless ...
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| trying to adopt my nephew from from foster care | 12/4/2007 |
Q: My nephew is in foster care. He was just recently moved (8weeks ago)into a home in which my mother ...
A: Melissa, I use to be a foster parent for many years. We were always told that when it came to the ...
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| Support Group | 12/1/2007 |
Q: Where would I go to help my mother and my 15 year old brother (who is adopted and extremely ...
A: You might look in your phone book under self help groups see if their is a listing for adoption ...
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| Tracking down old adoption records | 11/30/2007 |
Q: I just learned that I was adopted in 1952. Since I now have children and grandchildren...I would ...
A: I am an adoptive mom, but I would recommend finding out where and whom you were adopted thru? ...
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| from guardianship to adoption... | 11/26/2007 |
Q: I'm looking at the likelihood of taking guardianship of a relative's two young children (2yo and ...
A: First of all will you be the actual Legal guardians or foster parents thru the state? With the ages ...
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| foster care | 10/23/2007 |
Q: my husbands daughter had a baby 3 months ago and the child was born with drugs in her ...
A: Foster care meaning the state will do everything possible to reunite the child with the parents. ...
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| Can bio dad's family stop adoption? | 9/11/2007 |
Q: My friends are adopting. The bio mom and dad are both 15 and both support the adoption, as does bio ...
A: Yes dad needs to sign papers and depending on the state his parents may also be required to sign for ...
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| ADOPTION | 9/11/2007 |
Q: Hi im 18 years old and want to adopt now so were do i go to get imformation on young people wanting ...
A: There is NO agency that can or will legally etc work with someone your age. You must be at least 21 ...
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| temporary custody? | 8/13/2007 |
Q: I was just contacted by my daughter whom I gave up for adoption 17 years ago. She is pregnant, and ...
A: Your daughter just need to go to the department of vital statistics or write the state she was born ...
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| Trying to find my brother that was adopted about 22 years ago | 7/9/2007 |
Q: I got a hold of the agency that handled the adoption but I can not get any information......this ...
A: Sadly if the agency will not give out information the options you have are to sign up with some ...
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| adoption | 7/1/2007 |
Q: My name is emery, from NY. I am 5 months pregnant and am considering adoption. The biological father ...
A: I am no lawyer, just a mom thru adoption. However all fathers have legal rights to their ...
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| difficult situation | 6/27/2007 |
Q: This is a rather difficult situation. I am sixteen years old, almost seventeen. When I was five, my ...
A: Darcy You need to talk to a lawyer. As far as I know and I am Only an adoptive mom. So I know ...
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| adopting another sibling | 6/17/2007 |
Q: Last year we adopted two little girls who are sisters. They are 6 and 4 now and we have absolutely ...
A: Sadly if the aunt can get approved to have the baby she is the most likely one to get the child as ...
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| open adoption | 5/3/2007 |
Q: We have a situation in my town where a birth mother has been backed in the corner by the social ...
A: If the child is in foster care that is up to the caseworker and if she wants to take back her tpr ...
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| Could i adopt my 19yr old Niece | 4/26/2007 |
Q: two of them are with there dad,my nephew is with my sister & the oldest whom im close to live's on ...
A: Kerena, I am so sorry to hear about your sister. How difficult for all invovled. The best thing for ...
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| stepchild adoption | 3/17/2007 |
Q: my wife and i got married last year, our daughter is 20 months and we are expecting our son this ...
A: NO their is NO way to do this for little to no cost you will need a good lawyer and be able to prove ...
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| birthparent looking for my kids | 3/6/2007 |
Q: i am a birth parent of 4 beautiful kids. my girls were adopted after fighting in court for 3 years. ...
A: I live in Nebraska. Kids cannot leave foster care till age 19. They cannot look for birthparents ...
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| I want my kids back.. | 3/4/2007 |
Q: I gave my parental rights up when i was young. I was preganant and lied to by my appointed lawyer. ...
A: Sadly once you signed the papers and the court excepted your signature and then they terminated your ...
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| Sibling relationship w/ adoptee | 1/19/2007 |
Q: I have a sister who was put up for adoption a long time ago. Over the last 15 years, she has had an ...
A: I wish I could offer a better offer but there may be a group but I am not aware of one. Maybe ...
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| Finding birth mother | 1/7/2007 |
Q: I was adopted by a mormon couple right out of the hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1962. I know ...
A: You can register at the international soundex registry but the Only way you will find her at any ...
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| Grandparent with adoption questions | 1/2/2007 |
Q: We do have legal custody of our two grandchildren and will more than likely take custody of the new ...
A: I would see if your daughter is willing to do an legal guardianship. Or one with the option to ...
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| Grandparent with adoption questions | 12/29/2006 |
Q: We live in Ohio and I learned yesterday we The Putative Father Registry. I am pretty sure we don't ...
A: You are Most welcome. If she will not cooperate with an adoption would she do a legal guardianship? ...
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| forged birth certicate | 12/8/2006 |
Q: I am a 60 year old biological mom of a daughter, 42, born in KS. We are in contact. I have always ...
A: Sadly I do not see any way to Prove this so very long ago. Everyone involved would be hard to find ...
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| Question | 12/1/2006 |
Q: My older brother was adopted before I was born and I desire to be capable to look him up, can I? I ...
A: Legally NO, unless you know information on whom adopted him where he was placed where he lives now ...
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| Adoption | 11/27/2006 |
Q: -----Answer----- What state do you live in? Do you have your homestudy done? Your fingerprints done ...
A: Ok what is your question? What state do you and the birthmom live in? How many weeks pregnant is ...
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| Privately Adopting and worried! | 11/21/2006 |
Q: My husband and I have been saving for an adoption through and adoption agency for 3 years now and we ...
A: Is this birthmom disabled from training? If so she may not be legit as this is an Old story. If that ...
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| Affect on siblings | 10/26/2006 |
Q: I have three biological children. We are now in the process of adopting a fourth (were not pursuing ...
A: Tim, like any family adding a new child their may be some jealousy. I would expect questions since ...
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| How fast should it go from Extended family to new home? | 10/10/2006 |
Q: Yes he has a CASA but we are all being pushed hard by Social Services to do this fast. He just went ...
A: Judi, CASA workers have alot of say so go thru them with your concerns as they are kept in the loop ...
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| How fast should it go from Extended family to new home? | 10/10/2006 |
Q: I have been Fostering my daughters half brother for 2 years and he is now in the adoption process. ...
A: Judi, I am a adoptive mom and a past foster mom that did adopt two of our foster children. We just ...
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| Private hopeful adoption | 9/27/2006 |
Q: In Maryland the state statue says this -wouldn't this apply to our situation?When Parental Consent ...
A: Kelly, for sure ask a quad A lawyer whom has experience in contested adoptions this question. I am ...
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| Private hopeful adoption | 9/27/2006 |
Q: We have had temporary custody since birth to a beautiful baby boy who is now a little over 17 ...
A: Kelly, I am so sorry to read this. I am not a lawyer just an adoptive mom trying to help others. The ...
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| adoptees birth certificate. | 9/27/2006 |
Q: have you ever heard of an ammended birth cert. listing only a fathers name and not listing a mothers ...
A: Laura, NO I have never heard of this type of birth certificate. However did your father adopt you as ...
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| adopting a baby | 8/26/2006 |
Q: Iwas wondering if you could help me? My husband and I know this girl that is 15 and her boyfriend ...
A: You need a homestudy before You can even consider adopting this child. That is going to cost around ...
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| help | 7/15/2006 |
Q: I have 3 kids 16 (17 in 4 months) 9 and 2, All boys. I wanted a girl in a few years. I am married. I ...
A: Sam your biggest hurdle is going to be that you do have children already. If you want an infant any ...
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| Calling an adoptive parent mom or dad | 7/10/2006 |
Q: Several years ago I entered into a marriage where my wife had a 5 year old daughter. My then step ...
A: What does the child now call you? I would ask her what she would be most comfortable calling You. Or ...
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| Legal Guardianship | 7/1/2006 |
Q: My husband and I are considering keeping our nephew for the next school year, as we learned his ...
A: Because this involves the laws of two states I would contact a good family lawyer that can find out ...
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| How do I find my brother? | 6/19/2006 |
Q: It was in Illinois and she remembers it was December 1967. She's fairly positive it was through ...
A: It is possible that You may be able to get that from the hospital I do find it rather unsual that ...
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| How do I find my brother? | 6/17/2006 |
Q: I just found out that I have a brother and I want to find him. My mom gave him up for adoption in ...
A: Angie legally speaking You have no rights to find him. Morally its another matter entirely. His ...
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| Adoption of a granchld | 5/19/2006 |
Q: I have full custody. Can I adopt them or do I need the Bio Moms permission? They have different ...
A: Pam yes the children's bio mom must sign to allow an adoption You also need a lawyer and depending ...
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| international vs local adoption | 5/2/2006 |
Q: After several years of infertility - we are now thinking about adopting. Do you recommend ...
A: Janna, first Any child you adopt is going to have to deal with the fact that their birthmom chose ...
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| Adult Adoption | 10/10/2005 |
Q: Terrie. I kind of feel like I'm sticking my nose in where it doesn't belong, but I love my sister ...
A: Mike best wishes to your sister I always tell anyone considering placing a child with others to ...
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| Adult Adoption | 10/7/2005 |
Q: This is kind of a strange question. I just found out that my sister, whom I thought was adopted, ...
A: Mike, I use to be a foster mom. Back when your sister was placed in foster care they did not allow ...
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| child guardianship | 8/20/2005 |
Q: There is a couple in Fayetteville Arkansas who have temporary guardianship of my 3 year old ...
A: Reba I am not a lawyer you need to contact one if your daughter still has parental rights she only ...
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| kinship | 8/18/2005 |
Q: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,---------I did ALL of that--and more. Except "get info from the case ...
A: Carthy I am so sorry to hear this. it never fails to amaze me how shabby the system put in place to ...
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| Homestudies | 9/25/2004 |
Q: We are trying to adopt a child from another country and the attorney in that country is asking me ...
A: You are going to need an international homestudy done if your doing international adoption. The ...
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| Finding birth family | 9/13/2004 |
Q: my boyfriend who is currently 27 was adopted when he was 9 or 10 months old. I think his adopted ...
A: Eva I wish I had the information you need, alot depends on what information his adoptive mom has as ...
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| Adoption Issues | 8/16/2004 |
Q: I am a bmom of the late 70's, I found my son in 1998. On an emotional healing level I support ...
A: Ronna a lot still depends on if the agency etc gives information on all of a potential birthparents ...
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| Adoption and Friends | 7/29/2004 |
Q: We are in an interesting situation. One of my best friends and her family are adopting my ...
A: Adoption is very emotional for all invovled. Most especially the birthparents with special emphasis ...
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| Considering both adoption and pregnancy | 6/16/2004 |
Q: ------------------------- Followup To Answer - I would also ask around your biggest problem may ...
A: Erin I would suggest the birth child first so that you can give that child all the attention they ...
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| Considering both adoption and pregnancy | 6/15/2004 |
Q: my husband and I are considering having baby, but we also would like to adopt a child. My husband ...
A: I would also ask around your biggest problem may be that it can take years for an older child to ...
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| what kinds of adptoins are there | 3/31/2004 |
Q: i have 2 kids in foster care 2/3 i would like them to live with there foster famliy,but i also want ...
A: Ann its Your choice if you have a good relationship with the foster mom and the children are happy ...
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| Stepparent adoption... | 10/6/2002 |
Q: Here's the situation- My seven year old son has not seen, talked to or heard from his father in ...
A: You need to contact a good family lawyer and ask the laws for your state, also has the legal father ...
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| Private Adoption | 9/2/2002 |
Q: Terrie, My husband and I have been approached for a private adoption (our first). Another adult ...
A: A profile, tells a bit about you, include some pictures, some of you, any pets, other children you ...
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