Alabama State Adoptions Forums

April 30, 2012, 7:29 am

How do I go about proving abandonment? I am in California and just starting the process. My husband is adopting my ten year old. The BF has not seen him in over ten years do I just show family pictures of my husband with my son growing up and it is up to the BF to prove he has had contact (which he...

April 30, 2012, 7:20 am

unless you can prove her unfit or persuade her to give up rights then no. In California where I am she would have to disappear for a year from the child's life. Good luck

April 30, 2012, 7:15 am

I found this one recently for those in California Do Your Own California Adoption: Nolo's Guide for Stepparents and Domestic ... - Frank Zagone, Emily Doskow - Google Books

April 9, 2012, 9:31 pm

Gaby, I have sent a pm to you about this agency and others in Illinois. Sincerely, Linny

February 19, 2012, 6:02 am

Just wanted to note that this thread is from 2009 and was bumped up yesterday. The OP has not been back in over 2 years.

February 5, 2012, 6:55 pm

Hi, We are from the area. We adopted a few years ago and are sorta in the process of doing it again. We have hit a wall right now but hoping to know it down soon. I joined this group to find people going though what we are going through. I have great friends but no one knows how hard things...

January 3, 2012, 8:04 pm

My husband of 5 years wants to adopt my 13 year old daughter. We went to our local court house but they don't carry the papers. They gave me a bunch of websites to try and I cannot find them on those either. If anyone knows of a way to find these papers or have some they can email me we would...

December 28, 2011, 5:53 pm

Any Kentuckians still out there? I am in Northern Ky waiting on TPR for our youngest which will be very soon. If all goes as planned we will be filing to adopt her as soon as the appeal period is up! Would love to hear from y'all!

August 30, 2011, 2:40 pm

My husband wants to adopt my 13 yr old daughter. And she wants him to. The biological dad & I were never married. I have soul custody. He does pay child support but has no visitation at all. He hasn't attempted to contact my daughter in any way in over 10 years. My husband is the only dad my...

August 12, 2011, 9:24 pm

**x-posted in Oklahoma Local Adoption** Feb 2010 my husband and I started the process to become a bridge resource family and we finished in about 4 months. Well right after we were an approved adoptive resource, my husband gets orders to deploy for a year, so our file had to get put on hold....

July 28, 2011, 6:49 am

I am in the process of adopting my step-children in Missouri. We have filed all of the correct paperwork, done the home study, etc with help from an online forms provider (www.reliableadoption.com). Our court date is next week and we are not using a lawyer. What does the judge expect to hear...

July 18, 2011, 12:09 am

Bump! Still trying.

July 13, 2011, 8:45 am

It was our hearing regarding motion to terminate, motion to adopt... The judge said that he WILL NOT allow pro se adoptions in his court.

July 12, 2011, 5:01 am

MamaS...:loveyou: I think I needed a kick in the butt... thank you Yes, you do know what to do. You know your DH is a good man, a good father and will take good care of your Monkey. You know that D is not interested enough in his son to spend time with him, has stated that he would reclaim...

May 30, 2011, 11:59 am

Hi! I'm new to this site and was wondering if anyone could help me. I'm going to apologize in advance for the long post here so here goes. My husband and I were married over 15 yrs ago. We divorced and both remarried. His 2nd wife had a 16mo daughter and was 8 mths preggo with a son. They had my...