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ABA Family Legal Guide
Family Law
Children
Adoption
- How does one adopt a child?
- What is an agency adoption?
- What is a private adoption?
- Is court approval necessary for an adoption?
- Can a biological mother revoke her consent to adoption?
- Is the biological father's consent necessary?
- If biological parents give up a child to adoption, what rights and obligations do they retain?
- What is a stepparent adoption?
- What is the definition of an unfit parent?
- What happens if a stepparent adopts his spouse's child and the parents later divorce?
- Can a single person adopt a child?
- Can lesbian or gay couples adopt a child?
- Who has access to adoption records?
- What is the legal status of an adopted child?
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