by Adoption Law Group | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog
I often have conversations with adoptive parents who are struggling with when and how to tell their child he or she is adopted. Because Adoption Law Group completes lots of stepparent adoptions, many of these conversations are with moms wondering when and how...
by Adoption Law Group | Apr 10, 2019 | Blog
Adopting my adult stepchild in California—what happens to the biological parents’ rights? As adult adoption lawyers at Adoption Law Group, probably the most common reason we see for adult adoption is the desire to formalize a stepparent-child relationship. Often, the...
by Adoption Law Group | Aug 20, 2018 | Blog
Honor: to regard with high respect. Honor is a scarce commodity these days. As Americans, we honor very little. We laugh at SNL skits mocking our leaders, attend church services with Starbucks in hand, and give our dads Father’s Day cards about beer and farts. When I...
by Adoption Law Group | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog
When conservatives like Russell Moore, President of the Southern Baptist’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, and Jim Dailey, President of Focus on the Family, go on record against a provision of the GOP’s tax plan, I take note. The House plan,...
by Adoption Law Group | Oct 6, 2017 | Blog
“Do I need to readopt my child before applying for her citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act?” A common question we hear is, “Do I have to readopt my internationally adopted child in the U.S. in order for them to get citizenship?” The...
by Adoption Law Group | Sep 26, 2017 | Blog
Adult adoption is a very straight-forward process in California and a good solution to several common family situations. Sometimes, a stepparent wishes to formalize a stepparent-child relationship, even though the child is no longer a child. Our office regularly...
