by garywojtan | Mar 7, 2012 | Adoption
Federal laws provide overarching standards with which State adoption laws must comply. New Federal legislation generally obligates States to enact new laws. In some cases of intercountry adoption, international treaty requirements regulate adoption as a result of the...
by garywojtan | Sep 9, 2009 | Adoption, Family Law, Hiring a Lawyer
The Legal Relationship of Adoption Adoption creates a legal relationship of parent and child. After the adoption is final, as the adoptive parent you assume all the rights and responsibilities for the child that a birth parent would have. The child receives the same...
by garywojtan | Sep 9, 2009 | Adoption, Family Law
This handbook is dedicated to relatives who provide care for children in need of a safe, stable, and nurturing home. In many cases, you have already raised your own children. We realize it is not easy to raise children again, often at a moment’s notice or without much...
