Step Parent Adoptions - Laws & Legal Issues related topics Laws legal issues Stepparent Adoption. your State, which may have established legal precedents applicable Title or Chapter in your State laws. http://library.adoption.com/Laws-Legal-Issues/Step-Parent-Adoptions/article/117/
Extractions: adoption forums choose one guatemala international adoptive parents support russia adoption adoptees birthparents community foster care sealed records adoptee support special needs Step Parent Adoptions Contributed by National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (NAIC) Page 1 of 2 email article to friend printer friendly version most popular articles read comments review article add to favorites Stepparent Adoptions The most common form of adoption is adoption of children by stepparents whereby the adopting stepparent is willing to assume financial and legal responsibility for his/her spouse's child or children and to release their non-custodial parent of parental responsibilities, including child support. State Laws Vary on Stepparent Adoptions Most States have a streamlined adoption process for adoptions by stepparents whereby the judge hearing the adoption petition has the ability to dispense with the requirement in State adoption laws for an adoption home study. Some States, however, will not approve a stepparent adoption unless the custodial parent has been married to the stepparent for one year or longer. Required Consents to Adoption When a stepparent wishes to adopt a stepchild, the child's parents (the stepparent's spouse and the non-custodial or absent parent) are usually both required to consent to that adoption. In consenting to an adoption, the non-custodial parent relinquishes all parental rights and responsibilities, including child support. If the non-custodial parent objects to the proposed adoption and refuses to consent to it, State laws may prevent the adoption from proceeding.
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Extractions: Questions? Privacy Site Index Contact Us ... Skip Navigation The most common form of adoption is adoption of children by stepparents whereby the adopting stepparent is willing to assume financial and legal responsibility for his/her spouse's child or children and to release their non-custodial parent of parental responsibilities, including child support. State Laws Vary on Stepparent Adoptions Most States have a streamlined adoption process for adoptions by stepparents whereby the judge hearing the adoption petition has the ability to dispense with the requirement in State adoption laws for an adoption home study. Some States, however, will not approve a stepparent adoption unless the custodial parent has been married to the stepparent for one year or longer. Required Consents to Adoption When a stepparent wishes to adopt a stepchild, the child's parents (the stepparent's spouse and the non-custodial or absent parent) are usually both required to consent to that adoption. In consenting to an adoption, the non-custodial parent relinquishes all parental rights and responsibilities, including child support. If the non-custodial parent objects to the proposed adoption and refuses to consent to it, State laws may prevent the adoption from proceeding. Some States specify in State adoption laws, special circumstances under which the noncustodial parent's consent is not required. Other States have made special provisions in their adoption laws to allow stepparent adoptions to occur, even over the objections of the non-custodial parent in cases where the non-custodial parent has failed to maintain communication with the child for a specified period of time.
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