Adoption Legal Questions and Answers
My wife and I live in Kentucky. What is the law on adopting our nephew who is 19 years old and is an orphan?
My wife and I live in Kentucky. We would like to adopt our nephew who is 19 years old and is an orphan. What is the law on adopting an adult?
01/16/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: Kentucky | #30260How will it affect an adoption if the Mother comes back and objects?
I have initiated the process for adopting a five year old boy. He has no father and his mother left him in an orphanage soon after birth and moved to another state. Now she has come back and is objecting to the adoption? How will this affect the adoption?
01/13/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: California | #30086Can my husband get child support from me for his adopted niece?
During our marriage I agreed with my husband’s decision to adopt his orphaned niece. We got divorced last year and my husband says I should contribute to child support for his niece. Can he get a child support order against me?
01/13/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: California | #30084Can a 22-year-old married woman adopt her 14-year-old brother?
I am a twenty two year old married woman. I want to adopt my fourteen year old brother who shares a very close bond with me. Can I do so?
01/13/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: California | #30081My husband and I are legally separated. Can I file a petition for adoption without my husband?
I am a resident of Ohio. My husband and I are legally separated. I want to adopt a child. Can I file a petition for adoption without him?
01/06/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: Ohio | #29611We would like to know who may adopt and who may be adopted?
I live with my wife in Washington. We are planning to adopt a child. We would like to know who may adopt and who may be adopted?
01/05/2017 | Category: Adoption | State: Washington | #29517What are the rights and duties of the adoptive child and the adoptive parents?
I live with my husband in Nevada. We have made a request for adoption with the agency. However, I would like to know the rights and duties of the adoptive child and the adoptive parents.
12/26/2016 | Category: Adoption | State: Nevada | #28786Will the death of one proposed adoptive parent invalidate the adoption in process?
I live in New York. A month ago, my husband and I filed a petition to adopt a child from an agency . But last weekend, my husband died of heart attack. Will the death of an adoptive parent invalidate the adoption which is supposed to take place?
12/24/2016 | Category: Adoption | State: New York | #28730I am a 21 year old married woman. Is there any Nevada law that restricts me from adopting a child?
My elder brother and his wife died in an accident. They have a 16-year-old child. Can I adopt the child? I am a 21 year old married woman living in Nevada. Is there any law that restricts me from adopting the child?
12/22/2016 | Category: Adoption | State: Nevada | #28605I am a 21 year old girl residing in Nevada. Can I adopt my neighbor's 13 years old child?
I am a 21 year old girl residing in Nevada. Due to congenital deformities I am not able to conceive. My neighbor has a 13 year old and they are ready to give me the child in adoption. Can I adopt the child?
12/22/2016 | Category: Adoption | State: Nevada | #28604