Stepparent Adoption: A Resource Book - Paperback

by Wendelyn D. Osorio (Author)

If you are unsure where to start the process for Stepparent Adoption or simply just want to do the process lawyer-free, this guide has comprehensive instructions on how to go about filing along with different types of procedures (e.g. Willful failure, Abandonment and Out-of-Wedlock Births) and many more. This Step By Step Guide includes stepparent adoption laws for all 50 states and its territories; this is great for anyone wanting to move before, after or in between the adoption process. This is the only book available that takes adopting stepparents through the entire process, one step at a time. Find out how to: *Determine if stepparent adoption is right for you *Represent yourself in court *Choose the correct adoption procedure *File an adoption request *Change your adopted child's name *Terminate the rights of an absent parent