Adoption
There are many ways to bring a child into your life through adoption, and it's important to understand your options before you move forward. Agency adoptions, international adoptions, stepparent adoptions, and independent adoptions are all described here, along with adoption procedures and rules.
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Learn about the different ways you can adopt a child.
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Advice for single people, married couples, domestic partners, and lesbians and gay men.
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Learn more about the different types of adoptions and the steps you need to take for each.
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The advantages and disadvantages of skipping the agency when you adopt a child.
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Adoption agencies: procedures and costs to adopt a child.
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Learn more about stepparent adoption laws, birth parent consent, and terminating parental rights.
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Gay and Lesbian Adoption and Parenting
The legal rights of same-sex parents, from adoption to coparenting to second parent rights.
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What happens to biological father's rights after stepfather adoption?
What are his options? Also, do grandparents have visitation rights?
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