Commentary Co-Parent Adoption: The Ease and the Pitfalls of the Simplified Process Even with the steps forward taken by this state to promote equality for same-sex couples with respect to marriage ...

While individual cases are private, one category of adoptions that includes same-sex couples’ “confirmatory” adoptions, as well as cases like step-parent adoptions, rose by a third in Massachusetts’ ...

After step-parent adoption, the non-custodial or other parent becomes free from parenting responsibilities such as child support. Each state has different laws for step-parent adoption.

We’ve chosen several adoption storylines, from infant adoptions to teenagers relinquishing their babies to special needs adoptions to step-parent adoptions. We hope some of these will resonate ...

Adoptions, which are subject to background checks and a court hearing, ... Some states may refer to it as “second-parent,” co ...

Stepparent adoptions. International adoptions. In every case, the process begins with the termination of the biological parents’ rights—a legal action that cuts ties not just in parenting ...

Typically, step-parent adoptions require one year of marriage, or an in-home social study — which can be costly and time-consuming — to prove a spouse is fit to be a parent.

Mother also argues that the circuit court erred in finding that her consent to the stepparent adoption was not necessary under Code § 63.2-1202(H), that it erred in failing to consider the best ...