My mother has already had a similar case on her. And my brother and sister in law said she tried to get them to sign my name.
answered on Aug 27, 2023
You’ll have to petition the court in which the adoption was granted to open it up so you can see the records.
My girl was a surrogate for her sister and husband by artificial insemunation.
Years later was informed it was my child. They all pretended it was a surrogate birth however it was not.
I was purposely lied to because girlfriend did not want to raise another baby.
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answered on Aug 20, 2023
No. You do not have any paternal rights. You. Need to move fast and file a fraud lawsuit against st everyone invoked. Your time starts to fun on the day after you discovered they had defrauded you.
Contact has been placed between my son and I (dcbs) I’ve been told my grandma is trying to legally adopt my son, telling her lawyer she doesn’t know where I am or how to contact me, with her doing that can she legally adopt without my consent? How can I go about finding out if a court hearing... View More
answered on Jul 16, 2023
Go to the family court clerks office in your county, take your ID and ask them to copy a complete copy of the case file in any case in which you are a named party. If she has filed anything to adopt, you will be a party to it and they will be able to locate it for you.
She was put in foster care in Virginia and I received full permanent custody. She is 15 now. Both parents are in jail. Can I file for adoption without an attorney
answered on Nov 21, 2022
You can file for adoption without an attorney but I would not recommend it bc adoptions are hyper technical. Hire a lawyer, file a petition for adoption and you will likely be permitted to adopt the child.
other parent is not following orders given by the court. Any other motions I should file? Please provide the court form number if possible, want to make sure all the paperwork is correct.
answered on Nov 19, 2022
File a motion for contempt and cite the order the parent is violating. You can find any available self help forms online on the Kentucky website. You can also visit the Jefferson county family court clerks office and request the same.
other parent is not following orders given by the court. Any other motions I should file? Please provide the court form number if possible, want to make sure all the paperwork is correct.
answered on Nov 20, 2022
File a motion for contempt in the clerks office setting out the violations. Mail a copy of it to the other party. Appear at the date snd time the clerk gives you when you file it.
father passed before he was willed by his aunt 1/3 of her estate. In her will she states in his passing it should go to his children myself and half sisters name listed. My half sister was adopted by another man years previous and showed up with her hand out to recieve "her share". is... View More
answered on Aug 14, 2023
No. If she was adopted by another man, her rights to inherit from your father have been terminated.
My father and step mother have always been neglectful and borderline abusive to me and my siblings, because I don’t live full time with them I don’t get the worst of it. But my siblings do, and I want to take action to get custody of them after i graduate high school. Me and my brothers have... View More
answered on Aug 13, 2023
You’ll need to go through CPS, report your parents and try to gain custody in a DNA proceeding. Otherwise, you have no standing to bring a petition for custody against them in a custody action.
My children was removed from my custody do to not have stable Housing for them and after mom's of trying I gave up signed my rights away now it's been 3 years and I have everything back together and also have 2 other children that dcbs has tried to take as well but have successfully... View More
answered on Jun 29, 2023
No. Once your rights are terminated, you cannot go back and have them reinstated.
My aunt petetioned the adoption case in Elizabethtown Kentucky
We had a foster son who for 2 1/2 years removed just weeks before adoption was finalized. The adoption petition was filed and we were waiting on a court date. He made a false allegation of abuse, which is a documented behavior of his, but dcbs removed him and won't let us know where he is or... View More
answered on Jun 7, 2023
Yes. You should consider filing the adoption action and making the cabinet a defendant it it so you have all necessary parties joined.
I've had him since he was 3 weeks old, the mother has NO contact, and he see's his biological father on weekends. BUT, the bio dad has not established paternity with the state, and only the mother is listed as a parent on his birth certificate. Would I be able to adopt him with the father... View More
answered on Mar 13, 2023
Most likely not with the father in the picture. You can certainly try….but it may be more difficult depending on dads involvement or lack thereof.
That he can do
answered on Feb 27, 2023
Depends on various factors like timing. One would have to examine the adoption file to see if anything could be done.
Have had sole permanent custody for 7 years.
answered on Feb 24, 2023
No. Although they will have to be served with the adoption papers, you can obtain an adoption without their consent.
In 2017 my kids were stripped from me and my husband for a drug charge. I had done everything I was able to and all the courts wanted was for me to leave my husband who was having trouble getting clean screens - he was also on a medication that can give false THC positives. He wasn't smoking... View More
answered on Feb 6, 2023
It could, yes, depending on the depth and breadth of the background check.
I have a baby on the way its around 14, 000 i could really use. Now im 18 i moved out she kept all my paperwork my phone car money.
answered on Jan 27, 2023
Depends on the source of the monies that your adopted mother received.
Is it legal for them to try to take a child whose about to be adopted by someone else?
I’ve had my niece for about 4 years. Her father is incarcerated and her mother walked away from her. She was abused in different ways. I’d love to make her officially my daughter. Just don’t know how to do it.
answered on Nov 17, 2022
You would need to file a petition for adoption in the county in which you reside.
Fraud on part of CPS (withholding information about child)
Child is out of control.
Pro bono legal help.
answered on Nov 14, 2022
File a motion to set aside the adoption and return the child to foster care.
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