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| forged birth certicate | 12/8/2006 | Terrie |
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 | Terrie |
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 | Terrie |
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 | Terrie |
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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| Question About Parental Termination | 11/20/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: In 2002, my wife (although we hadn't even met yet at the time) gave birth to her daughter. The ...
A: I think the first step in the process would be to hire a lawyer in your area who does a lot of ...
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| 8 year old daughter | 11/18/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: 7 years ago we adopted our daughter (now 8)from Romania. This school year seems to be the worse. ...
A: Unfortunately, families do experience problems with adopted children and then they also often have ...
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| Adopting step daughter | 11/12/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: First of all, thank you for your time in reading this and help the many people you do. I am hoping ...
A: In answer to your question, you can go to court to have your step-daughter's name changed legally or ...
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| adoption | 11/2/2006 | Colleen |
Q: hi i have divorced from my ex and she has remarried now she wants her husband to adopt my two ...
A: Every state has different laws, but I am pretty certain that no court would allow a step parent to ...
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| Affect on siblings | 10/26/2006 | Terrie |
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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| adopting my stepchildren without fathers permission | 10/26/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: My stepchildren want me to adopt them mostly my stepdaughter Her father and his family were never ...
A: If you want to go ahead and seriously explore adopting your stepdaughter, you will have to speak ...
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| Step-daughter adoption CHEAP !? | 10/17/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: First off My husband and I went for 2 years without seeing his daughter simply because the mother ...
A: I have to agree with the judge on this one. I am not that familiar with the laws in Wisconsin, but ...
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| How fast should it go from Extended family to new home? | 10/10/2006 | Terrie |
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 | Terrie |
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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| parental rights termination/adoption | 10/9/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: I am not sure if you are the correct person to help me, but if you aren't, then perhaps you can ...
A: From the information that you have given me, it probably would be best for your brother to visit an ...
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| Taking the right steps for adoption | 10/2/2006 | Colleen |
Q: My name is Jennifer and I am a 27 year old mother of two lovely little boys. For the past three ...
A: The best thing you can do is to contact an adoption agency in your area. Catholic Charities comes ...
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| Private hopeful adoption | 9/27/2006 | Terrie |
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 | Terrie |
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 | Terrie |
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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| adoption process | 9/20/2006 | Colleen |
Q: My husband & I have been approached about adopting a 3 month old baby. I understand that there is a ...
A: Sorry it took me so long to reply, but I was away from my computer for a few days. Every state has ...
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| adoption | 9/20/2006 | Rachel |
Q: i was told by the social worker that handled the case there was a loop hole in my case and i should ...
A: Crystal Sorry for being slow at answering. It is a very sad situation and I hope that you can find ...
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| My neice wants to give us her unborn baby | 9/11/2006 | Colleen |
Q: My niece is having a baby boy and wants to give it up to for adoption to us her exboyfriend doenst ...
A: If you haven't done so already, contact an attorney to help you with this. A home study will have ...
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| I adopted my step-daughter in Japan | 9/3/2006 | Ronda |
Q: I adopted my step-daughter in Japan. I was stationed there for 8 years. When I met her mom, my ...
A: .. As we went thru an agency here in the US to adopt our two girls from China, I'm not sure I can ...
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| adopting a baby | 8/26/2006 | Terrie |
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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| Adopting a Relative's Baby | 8/26/2006 | Colleen |
Q: I have a teenage cousin that is pregnant and has decided to make an adoption plan for the child. ...
A: Yes, this would be considered a private adoption You would still be required to go through the ...
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| please help | 8/20/2006 | Rachel |
Q: .. my name is ashley grant. my husband and i have been together for two nad a half years and married ...
A: Sorry Ashley I thought I had already answered this. You do not have any automatic rights but you ...
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| Adoption | 8/19/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: I have a daughter and her father is not involved at all. Doesnt pay child support. Has never even ...
A: When someone adopts a child whose birth father is alive, they need to get a voluntay or involuntary ...
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| adoption | 8/8/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: i was adopted in n.y. in
A: As you know, adoption records in NYS are sealed and you don't have access to identifying information ...
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| adoption of my oldest son by my husband | 8/7/2006 | Colleen |
Q: i have been married for seven years and my husband and i have two children one is both of ours the ...
A: The costs to adopt a step child are not as much as a regular adoption. I would suggest you contact ...
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| adoption | 8/4/2006 | Colleen |
Q: how long does the process usually take? And is there an age limit to being able to adopt?
A: there are is no cut and dried information on how long it takes or your age. if you're doing a ...
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| Step father adopting step daughter | 7/31/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: I am writing in response to Melanie's question to you as i am in the same situation. How much and ...
A: First of all, adoption law varies from state to state. Generally speaking, the following procdures ...
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| step daughter adoption | 7/28/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: My husband would like to adopt my daughter as his own. My daugther, being 12, is open to this act ...
A: I'm not familiar with that web site, but I would contact the court clerk of my local family court ...
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| How can I get bio. mother to open up? | 7/20/2006 | Colleen |
Q: I have spent exciting week traveling from Florida to New Hampshire; met OLDER cousins, etc. I ...
A: It sounds like your birth mother just doesn't want to speak with you at this time. Your finding her ...
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| help | 7/15/2006 | Terrie |
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 | Terrie |
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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| Adoption | 7/8/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: My wife and I are interested in internationally adopting a baby. While we plan to purchase a home ...
A: I can't answer your question definititively, because the best place to get an answer would be from ...
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| adoption of unborn niece/nephew | 7/2/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: I'm thrilled to have found this website. Thank you for taking my email. Situation: My sister found ...
A: The question that you pose has a lot of different angles, but I'll try to touch on the main issues. ...
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| Legal Guardianship | 7/1/2006 | Terrie |
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 | Terrie |
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 | Terrie |
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 Myself | 5/30/2006 | Peter C. Winkler, CSW |
Q: I would like to ask a couple questions I am 20 years old about to be 21 in august and I'm expecting ...
A: Stephanie, The courts generally reserve adoption to children or adults who have serious limitations. ...
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