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Adoption in California
In California, a person being adopted must be under 18 and unmarried, unless an adult agrees to be adopted by another adult. Additionally, adoptive parents generally must be at least 10 years older than an adopted child. At the Law Offices of Randall A. Richmond, we applaud your decision to adopt and want to make the process easy for you. A San Francisco adoption lawyer from our firm can help you with all aspects of adoption law, including:
- Agency Adoptions: Adoptions involving a public or private agency.
- Independent Adoptions: Adoptions between the child’s birth parents and the adoptive parents.
- International Adoptions: Adoptions involving a child from out of the country.
- Single Parent Adoptions: Adoptions involving only one potential parent.
- Stepparent Adoption: When a biological parent’s new spouse would like to share legal parental custody of the child.
- Domestic Partnership Adoptions: In California, same-sex couples may follow the same procedures as stepparent adoptions to gain legal custody for the biological parent’s domestic partner.
- Relative Adoptions: The procedure for a relative to take formal custody of the child.
- Contested Adoptions: When a biological parent, family member, foster parent or other person close to the child opposes an adoption. Your success in these cases can be greatly benefited by the help of a San Francisco family attorney.
- Foster Parent Rights: Rights afforded to people watching over a child without legal custody.
- Termination of Parental Rights: The legal severing of rights of a parent from a child. This can be voluntary or involuntarily, as ordered by a court.
- And More…
Adoptive parents must file a petition for adoption and then participate in a court hearing. For the adoption to become legal, the court must issue a final decree of adoption. A San Francisco adoption attorney can be helpful in completing the process of adoption. The Law Offices of Randall A. Richmond will be glad to help you draft and file a petition for adoption, and to provide representation at your hearing. We will help you through every step of the adoption process, including the social worker’s investigation determining your ability to be a parent.
Contact the Law Office of Randall A. Richmond today and schedule a consultation with a San Francisco family lawyer.
459 Fulton St, #303
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-701-8300
