Family composition often includes children from a prior marriage. Step-parents assume the role of caring for, loving, and raising the spouse’s children. Lasting bonds are created by step-parent ...

When individuals think about family law matters, few realize that stepparent adoptions can be one of the most contentious family law cases out there. On the surface level, many may wonder why? They ...

Where a mother challenged the adoption of her child by his stepmother, her challenge failed, because the the circuit court considered the child’s best interests, including that the mother had no ...

RACINE -- The Long family recently went through a stepparent adoption. Christine's husband, Mark, adopted her four-year old daughter. Originally from Ohio, the Longs have been married a little over a ...

I’ve been raising my stepdaughter for years. Her mom occasionally comes around but is not very involved in her life. Her dad and I have been the two that have raised her. I’d like to legally adopt her ...

Kochi: The HC has held that a child's adoption by a stepparent cannot be permitted without the consent of the biological parent. Justice CD Dias made the remarks while dismissing a petition by the ...

In the recent matter of In re Adoption of M.E.I., a Minor, Appeal of D.D.L., Father, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court helped clarify the process for a stepparent to adopt a child. In M.E.I. the child-at ...