It requires a court order to do so. They are rarely granted.

That depends entirely on how fast your lawyer gets the paperwork done and how fast your local court system operates. It shouldn't be more than a matter of months unless a problem comes up.

1. If you sign a consent for adoption BEFORE the child is born, you have 72 hours after the birth of the child to change your mind and revoke your consent to the adoption.

2. AFTER the child is born you cannot sign a consent or surrender for adoption until at least 72 hours have passed.... View More

Private adoption agencies operate within the law and have the best interest of the child in mind. Child traffickers do not operate within the law and most assuredly do not have the best interest of the child in mind.

Unless the father consents to the adoption, his rights have to be cut off by proving his unfitness.

This could be abandonment, failure to maintain interest or a whole host of other reasons.

The usual incentive for cooperation is that he won't have to pay child support.

Adoption agencies are not selling children. They are providing a service for which they must recoup their overhead. If they were not able to do this they could not afford to render the service and adoptions would dwindle away.

You can't force her husband to adopt.

So, you are stuck.

But, you can assert your rights to be more involved with your child.

If you stay with it, you will get a court hearing.

No.

Unless it has to do with American Indians where there may be some special rules.

I am going to give you the lawyer answer, that depends on what country the adoption was from. But it is always a good idea to “enroll” the adoption here in the US, so you don’t have potential issues in the future attempting to get the adoption paperwork from the other country.

For the sake of your niece, use a lawyer. Neither you nor she wants to be confronted with a claim the adoption wasn't done properly 3, 5 or 10 years from now, so she must be surrendered by you to be raised by someone else. Every detail must be done right. I repeat, every detail. Hire a lawyer... View More

You really need to meet with a competent family law attorney as quickly as possible. There are too many "ifs, ands, buts and on the other hands" to give you a good answer without having the chance to ask probing questions to get at the details of what you've written.

You have to make a demand for your dog in writing. Write a letter, date it & keep a copy of it. I recommend to use a nice tone in the letter, asking to have the dog returned to you by a date certain. Then if they do not return the dog to you, you can file a small claims lawsuit. You will want... View More

The adoption law of the Illinois doesn't require a minimum level of income. Nevertheless, if it appears to the court or the guardian ad litem appointed by the court to investigate the case that the prospective adopting parent(s) will not be able to support the child, the question will almost... View More

A consent must be signed in the presence of a caseworker or a judge. If that did not happen, the consent is invalid.

That depends on many factors, such as whether a party fights the adoption, whether you are filing it in a county with a busy court schedule or not, how quickly reports are prepared (if necessary), the schedule of the attorney who filed the adoption, how promptly the attorney gets the paperwork done... View More

No

No.

You not only can, but you absolutely should hire an attorney to handle this. There are a thousand ways to foul up an adoption, but there is only one way to do it right. Hire a lawyer who regularly handles adoptions and let him or her take care of it from start to finish.

If your child is adopted by your mother and step-father, the parental rights of the biological mother and father are typically terminated. The incarcerated father must be made a respondent to the adoption and has a right to object to it.

No, you can't sue on her behalf. On the other hand, your girlfriend became an adult on her 18th birthday and can move out if she wants to. IMPORTANT: This does not apply if your girlfriend is a developmentally disabled adult and a court has appointed her mother as the guardian of her person.