Q: So I'm about to start the process of adopting my step kids, questions about home study.
I'm going to be adopting my step kids and their biological father agrees to give consent as he's not in their life and doesn't want to pay the child support and all so it's win-win for us all. It seems we still have to have a home study conducted in Ohio despite them living with me for 5 years. One of the things on that home study is a medical exam? I'm wondering about the fact that my wife has a medical card, and I use recreationally in private. With it being legal now in Ohio, can it still be used against us in this process? Particularly using it within legal rights and not allowing the kids to be around it or exposed?
A: It can be used against you the same way that consuming alcohol can be used against you. If you use to excess or it effects your ability to parent, that will be a strike against you. If it does neither of those things, it is a very low likelihood that it will derail the adoption.
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