I’ve seen the following scenario hundreds of times in my practice throughout the years. A potential client has been caring for their grandchild, or niece or nephew for an extended period. The child’s parents have …
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Got Home Study?
In Florida, prospective adoptive parents need a favorable preliminary home study before a child can be placed in their home.1 If you are considering adoption, you shouldn’t delay getting a home study. It’s not unheard …
Continue readingAdoptive Parents’ Fear of Adoption Reversal is Unwarranted.
As with politics, religion and movie stars, news and entertainment shows exploit conflict. Overturned adoptions are no exception. As a result, otherwise prospective adoptive parents shy away from adoption believing that any parent-child relationship formed …
Continue readingLegal Father Trumps Biological Father, Sometimes.
It’s not uncommon for a married woman who is separated from her spouse to find herself pregnant, and her spouse is not the biological father. Naturally, questions arise of who is the baby’s father, and …
Continue readingWhat is an Unmarried Biological Father?
In Florida, a father is an unmarried biological father if he is not married to the mother at the time of the conception or birth of the child; and (a) he has not been adjudicated …
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