Forum: Relative Adoption

I will start by saying this is the hardest thing I have ever had to go through in my life, the turmoil of relinquishing our grown child's rights to her own children has almost torn this family apart. There is no easy answer here other than the one that keeps our grandchildren safe and that answer...

Can i adopt my grandughters if i have full guardianship/ full sole and physical legal custody...both and bio mo mom dosent want to give up her rights..

I live in Texas and was thinking about adopting my nieces baby. I know there are different types of adoptions. Can someone tell me the different types of adoption and if we would adopt it would the state help us with medical expenses and help us finacially to help take care of the child. I only say...

As of now my husband and I have legal custody of our grandchild. Our grandaughter is 11 yrs old, we have had legal custody of her for the last 2 yrs but been taking care of her since she has been in 3rd grade. We have decided to try and collect child support from the mother but we are going through...

Hello, I just this week learned that my brother's ex-girlfriend is expecting their daughter in December (about 3 weeks) and she does not want to keep the baby. My brother only found out last week, and is quite distraught that he is not financially capable of parenting and must agree give up his...

Hello - I have had my cousins daughter since she was born. She was removed at the hospital because she and her mother had drugs in their systems. I have since been appointed Managing conservator. She has been ordered to pay child support etc...not that I want it, but I know this is a process. ...

My husband and I received a phone call tonight telling us that our niece no longer wants her little girl. She is willing to sign her rights over and let us adopt her. The child's father is in prison. Has anyone out there adopted a relative in ohio? If so, what should we expect? Thanks in...

Hi everybody DH and I have been approved to adopt a little boy just over 3years old. We were so looking forward to having him home beg of next year only to be told yesterday by our SW that this is not going to happen now and they want to delay placement because we do not have enough...

As I've enjoyed reading others diaries, I thought I would start my own - you never know it may come in handy to someone So, about us. I'm 37, DH 42 and married for 10yrs. We started ttc to conceive straight away and always knew that adoption would be an option for us if we didn't conceive....

Hi all, this is my (our story) Myself and DH met when we were both 18 years old working on a holiday camp miles away from our home towns. Within 2 days we knew we were head over heals in love and wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. We moved back and forth between each...

My 4 year old niece has lived with my mother for over 3 years now it is the only home she knows. However my mother is getting older and my husband and I want to adopt her. Currently my mom, the father (my brother) and the mother have a 3 way conservatorship but neither of the other parents are...

I've often heard stories of adult siblings that have taken on the parenting duties for younger siblings when biological parents have passed on, or become unable to care for their children for any reason. Has anyone been through this (either as a sibling parent or a sibling parented by a sibling)? ...

We adopted my husband's biological grandchild because at the time the mother was incapable of raising a child. She has had mental challenges all her life. We have always talked about adoption with our child and have every intention of telling the child who the birth parents are. The birth mother...

To make a long story short my 20 year sister just found out she is pregnant and is due in November. She does not know who the father is, and does not have a way to contact some of them. She has decided that she wants me and my husband to adopt the baby. We are very excited about this because we...

We adopted my husband's biological grandchild because at the time the mother was incapable of raising a child. She has had mental challenges all her life. We have always talked about adoption with our child and have every intention of telling the child who the birth parents are. The birth mother...

I've often heard stories of adult siblings that have taken on the parenting duties for younger siblings when biological parents have passed on, or become unable to care for their children for any reason. Has anyone been through this (either as a sibling parent or a sibling parented by a sibling)?...

My aunt adopted my 4 children from foster care back in 2009. Her question is what does she need to do to plan for my childrens if anything happens to her in the future?

Hi, Looking to adopt my sister n laws baby. Have had her since her birth 3 years ago. When my sister n law first found out she was pregnant and didnt know who the father was. She had asked my wife and I of 17 years if we would like to raise the child as our own. I had to really think about...

We have had physical custody and Power of Attorney for our 4 year old niece since Jan. of this year. Her bio-mom is considering letting us adopt her. Our hope is to have her remain involved in the child's life, but her lack of involvement over the last 3 months has not been encouraging. She calls...

My grandmother was raised by her older sister, since their mother died soon after my grandmother was born. My grandmother is wanting to know if her sister every legally adopted her or not. We are unsure on how to find this information.