What is ‘adoption’ in a legal sense?
What is ‘equitable adoption’ or ‘adoption by estoppel?’
Must the child be a minor to be adopted?
What is an adoption agency?
Must an adoption be handled through an adoption agency?
What is an ‘open adoption?’
Can the natural parent or the adoptive parent change his/her mind after adoption?
What grounds may adoption be challenged?
What happens to the adoption records?
What are the steps in a typical adoption?
Is a father’s consent required if the child was the result of rape or incest?
Is a child’s consent necessary?
What happens in the case of a missing parent or an abandonment?
What is step-parent adoption?
What is a second-parent adoption?
What is a two-parent adoption?
Can a single, straight person adopt?
Is the natural father's consent to the adoption necessary?
Can homosexuals adopt?
When is a natural parent ‘unfit’, so as to allow adoption without his/her consent?
What happens with a child using a surrogate mother?
Are there hassles in international adoption?
What documents need to be provided for an international adoption?
Does a foreign-born child adopted by a u.s. citizen automatically become a us citizen?
Do biological grandparents have any rights after an adoption?
We are a childless couple and have a chance to obtain an infant if we pay lots of money upfront. Is it legal?
What changes are made in birth certificates?
What about federal tax benefits for adoption?
Provides brief answers to questions regarding adoption and adoption law.