I. General Information about Family Law
II. Marriage
A. Traditional
B. Common Law
III. Premarital/Prenuptial Agreement
IV. Divorce
A. Grounds
B. Fault or No Fault
C. Annulment
D. Alienation of Affection
V. Alimony, Spousal Support, and Maintenance
VI. Division of Property
A. Community Property
B. Equitable Distribution
VII. Adoption
A. Public Adoption
B. Private Adoption
C. Transracial Adoption
D. Intra-National and International adoption
E. Single Parent Adoption
F. Summary of Adoption Procedure
VIII. Child Custody and Visitation
IX. Child Support
X. Conclusion
XI. Frequently Asked Questions

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Adoption

Adoption is the practice in which an adult assumes the role of parent for a child who is not biologically their own and giving him or her all the rights and privileges of one’s own child. Most laws are designed with the best interests of the child in mind, not the best interests of the adult who intends to adopt. The adoption procedure varies depending on whether the child comes from an agency which handles adoptions or comes from a stranger or relative, along with the age of the child and the adoptive parent or parents.

Adoption law is generally governed under state law. All 50 states have statutes governing adoption.

Public

What you face in a public adoption are children who are wards of the state because their parents could not provide adequate care for them, or neglected or abused them. These children are of all ages and most have been in foster homes for a long period of time. Public adoptions are run by a government funded agency.

Private

Private adoption is a legal method of building a family through adoption without using an adoption agency. The biological parents relinquish their parental rights directly to the adoptive parents. Private adoption is also governed by state laws.

 

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