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Stepparent Adoption: Making it official

By nickeyh / September 3, 2022

Stepparent Adoption is a legal way to confirm blended family ties. If marriage is the bonding of two people who love each other, modern, blended families bring children into that embrace of love. Being a stepparent and caring for the biological child of your new partner can be rewarding and fulfilling. To make the parental…

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Are you a candidate for Pennsylvania kinship adoption?

By nickeyh / February 21, 2020

Kinship adoption is the legal process whereby a relative steps up to take legal and physical responsibility for a child whose birth parents cannot or will not. Generally, adoption is controlled by state law, though some federal laws and constitutional concepts apply. In Pennsylvania, a relative is defined as a parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, uncle or…

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Kinship Adoption in Pennsylvania; When family is the answer

By Elissa C. Goldberg / January 30, 2020

Kinship Adoption is when a relative – in Pennsylvania a birth relative is defined as a parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, uncle or aunt of the child’s birth family, whether the relationship is by blood, marriage or adoption – steps up to take legal and physical responsibility for a child. Although families have been taking care…

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