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When is Temporary Guardianship Granted for a Child?
A guardianship for a child in California is similar in some ways to an adoption in that an adult who is not the biological parent is assuming the legal responsibilities to care and provide for that child as well as gaining the right to make decisions on the child’s...
AdoptTogether.org Brings Crowdfunding to the Adoption Process
According to Hank Fortener, founder of AdoptTogether.org and World Adoption Day, 87% of families interested in adopting a child are dissuaded from doing so due to the costs involved in completing the adoption. Which is why Fortener decided to found AdoptTogether.org...
Termination of Parental Rights in a California Stepparent Adoption
One of the most common scenarios in which a California adoption occurs is where a stepparent adopts the child of the person that he or she has married. Because marriage to a person does not in and of itself provide a stepparent with the legal rights and...
Birth Order and the Blended Family
We have six kids. I suppose anybody from a big family gets used to being asked “what number” they are. My younger ones have to think about it. So do my two eldest. Our adopted daughter, now 21, was the youngest of five siblings in her birth family in Africa. When we...