Consent to Adoption

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Families form in many different ways, including through stepparent and relative adoption. Before this can happen, the other biological parent of the child must put their consent in writing. The…

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Step-Parent and Independent Relative Adoptions

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Hello everyone. My name is Frances Gutierrez. I'm an attorney here at the firm. I have been talking about adoptions, step-parent adoptions and independent relative adoptions. In both types of…

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Independent Relative Adoptions

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Hello everyone. My name is Frances Gutierrez. I'm an attorney here at the firm. I want to talk about independent relative adoptions. We receive a lot of cases where the…

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The Adoption Process

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Hello, my name is Frances Gutierrez. I'm an attorney here at the firm. I am going to talk about adoptions. We often receive clients who want to proceed with step-parent…

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Adoption and termination of parental rights

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It is common for adoptive parents to secure the agreement and signature of the birthparent. By doing this, the birthparent gives up all parental rights, duties and responsibilities, which are…

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