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Types of Adoptions We Can Do
Child Adoption:
There are many types of Child Adoption: International,
Open, Closed, ect... But, we help people who
have already found the child they want to adopt
and then we do the adoption paperwork for that
family. Everyone in the adoption process must
be in agreement for the adoption to take place
and all parties must be United States citizens.
See also Residency Requirements.
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Relative Adoption:
This simply means that the parties
in the adoption are related to each other. The
closer the relationship the better. The most
frequent cases involve grand parents and grand
children.
Adult Adoption:
An adult adoption simply means
that the person being adopted is 18+ years old.
These types of adoption typically happen for
the purpose of inheritance.
Step Parent Adoption:
A step parent adoption usually occurs when a
man and a woman come together and marry and
one party or both have children they are bringing
into the marriage. This is the typical "Brady
Bunch" scenario. With a step parent adoption
the father (for example) can adopt all the children
that the mother brought into the marriage. Thus
creating one big happy family. The parents must
be married to have a Step Parent Adoption.
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Single Parent Adoption:
Single parent adoptions often occur because
the father has left and the mother doesn't want
the father to have any rights that pertain to
the children. The father also has to agree
with this process. There are other ways to use
the single parent adoption as well.
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Missing Biological
Father Adoption:
With a missing biological father adoption, the
birth mother doesn't know where the father is
and sometimes doesn't know who the father is.
Therefore, all rights to the child will be solely
hers.
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Military Adoptions:
If one or both of the Spouses is in the Military
when doing an adoption, one of the spouses,
must be present in the US to file the adoption
paperwork at the local county courthouse. They
must qualify for residency in the State they
are filing the adoption and must both undergo
the criminal background check and the Home Study
must also be done.
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The Adoption Process
How long is the
adoption process?
How long the adoption process takes depends
on which State the adoption takes place in.
But, for the most part, it takes between 4 and
6 months.
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Where do I go
to file an adoption?
The court or in the county where the parents
and child reside if there is no prior court
of continuing jurisdiction.
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What will happen
at the hearing?
The parties involved in the adoption formally
request that the parental rights of the biological
parent be terminated allowing the adoption to
be granted. The Judge may ask some simple questions
and then makes a decision to either grant or
deny the adoption.
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How does the
Home Study work?
The Adoption Home Study is the way the State
determines if you are a good candidate to take
a child into your home. An adoption case worker
from a State accredited company, will evaluate
your situation and perform a Home Study. The
case worker has you fill out information about
your finances, does a criminal background check,
and often comes into your home and asks questions
about the home environment.
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Our Adoption Service
Cost
The cost of our Rapid Adoption Service is seen
on our Prices
page. We accept Major Credit Cards and Paypal.
The court costs are paid when you walk in your
Adoption paperwork to the courthouse.
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Processing Time
The forms take 2-3 business days or sooner to
process, excluding weekends and holidays. Then
they will be emailed to you. Faxing is not available,
because they have to be original documents.
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Guarantee
We feel that our product is of the highest quality.
Therefore we offer our 101% Guarantee. If the
Judge fails to grant your Adoption due to a
paperwork typographical error, then we will
correct the problem. If we cannot correct the
problem, then your money will be refunded 101%.
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How
does it work?
1. Order the Rapid Adoption Service - Click
Here
2. Fill in our Adoption
Questionnaire after the ordering process
3. We process your adoption forms in 2-3 business
days; that is our goal.
4. You Sign the forms and file them at your
local county courthouse.
5. You "Serve" all
parties involved in the adoption. (more instructions
are provided in the adoption directions that
you receive.)
6. You have contact your State Adoption Case
Worker and do the Adoption Home
Study.
7. You attend your final hearing and the child
is now legally part of your family. You're
Finished !!!
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Why are you so
inexpensive compared to Lawyers?
When you go to a lawyer, they represent you
in court. When you use our Rapid Adoption Service,
you represent yourself. When a lawyer does your
adoption case, you would meet with him or his
paralegal and fill out an Adoption Questionnaire.
That info. is given to a paralegal to type up
your adoption forms. Then the lawyer would go
to court with you and read off a pre-prepared
statement that was prepared ahead of time. When
you use our Rapid Adoption Service, you also
fill in our Adoption
Questionnaire. It is given to our paralegals
to complete the information on the adoption
forms exactly as it appears on the Adoption
Questionnaire. Then you simply go to court for
10-12 minutes and read off the same pre-prepared
stamen. You represent yourself and you don't
have to pay $1500 or more for a lawyer to go
to court for 10-12 minutes for you.
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Do you represent
me in the courtroom?
No we do not represent you or give any kind
of legal advice. We are a non-lawyer service.
The case is in your hands.
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Can you do adoptions
in my State?
Yes, we complete adoption paperwork in all 50
States. Remember, all the parties must live
in the same State for us to be able to process
the adoption. Call your local county courthouse
to find out the exact residency requirements.
Call us if you have any questions about this.
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General Questions
What if the Child isn't
born yet?
You must always have a child be born
first to use our Rapid Adoption Service. If
the child is not born yet, then you will need
to wait until he/she is born, then do your court
documents with us.
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How many families
can have custody rights to a child?
One family. No two families can hold
the Custody Rights to a child at the same time.
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How do I "Serve"
the other party with Adoption Papers
1. Waiver of service & Surrender of Parental
Rights: allows an agreeable biological father
to sign a waiver of the formalities of service
of citation notifying him of your suit and voluntarily
surrendering their parental rights.
2. County Sheriff or Process Server:
A County Sheriff or Process Server actually
go out to where the biological father lives
or works and hands him the papers. The process
server then completes a 'return of citation'
showing that the biological father was personally
handed the papers.
3. Certified mail: You would send a Certified
letter through the mail, allowing the biological
father to be notified (served) through the mail.
You would send the Certified letter with delivery
restricted to the biological father only. Once
he has signed for the certified mail, the green
card with his signature is returned to you as
proof that he was served. You then send a copy
to the Court to verify that "service of
process" has been completed.
4. Service by Publication: allows cases
to proceed even when the biological father cannot
be found to be notified or even if his identity
is unknown. A legal notice is run for a few
weeks in the newspaper in the county where the
adoption suit is filed as "service of process".
The case then proceeds just as if he had been
personally notified.
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What if we live
in Different States?
We can still do your adoption...it
will require a 2 step process.
Step 1: The
biological parents relinquish rights to the
child in the State in which they live
Step 2: The adoptive parents
take up the rights in the State in which they
live.
However, if the person being adopted
is over 18 (legal adult)... all this is unnecessary
because the biological parents don't have any
say in with the parental rights. If you need
help understanding the law on this topic, please
consult an attorney first. We also have a fantastic
attorney question/answer network at an affordable
price. Contact us if you need help with this.
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Criminal History
Check
Most states now require a criminal history check
to be completed on any person adopting a child.
The adopting party simply goes by the county
sheriff's office and has a fingerprint card
completed to be mailed to a state agency for
a criminal history check. Some sheriff's offices
charge a nominal fee of $5-$10 for doing the
fingerprint card, but most makes no charge for
taking the fingerprints.
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Name Changes
of the Children in an Adoption
In an adoption the last name
of the person being adopted is often changed
to match the adoptive parents. We include this
name change as part of our service. No problem.
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Age of Consent
for the Adoptive Child
The age of consent for most states is 10 years
of age and over, therefore requiring children
10 years of age and over to sign and file a
Consent Form with their adoption.
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