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 ...

Here are some of the documents that must be filed with the Family Court Counseling Services office in the Racine County Courthouse before a stepparent adoption petition can be filed in probate court. ...

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 ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - In the eyes of the law, a local woman who gave birth to her child is not the baby's natural parent. At most, she can only adopt the child as a stepparent. “When she first laughed, ...

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 ...

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