You can count on our office to help you through every step of the stepparent adoption process.
When a person with children from a previous relationship gets married (or remarried), their new partner does not gain parental rights over those children. While you may embrace the role of a stepparent, you won’t have legal custody over your stepchildren unless you choose to adopt them. If you adopt your stepchildren, you will become their legal parent and will take on all the legal rights and responsibilities of this role. At Hildebrand Law Office, P.C., our attorney has extensive experience with adoptions of all kinds, including stepparent adoptions, and she can help you take this step.
Stepparent adoptions require as much care and as much paperwork as other types of adoption, so we encourage you to work with an experienced attorney like Jennifer E. Hildebrand. Before a stepparent adoption can be finalized, the child’s other biological parent must surrender their parental rights (or, in some cases, the courts will strip their parental rights from them). We will do all we can to ensure every step of the adoption process goes smoothly, so you can strengthen the bonds between you and your stepchildren and create a closer family unit. If you have questions about the stepparent adoption process, don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
We are proud to serve the community here in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and we want to help support local families like yours. If you are interested in adopting your stepchildren, we encourage you to give us a call to learn more about how we can help with stepparent adoptions.
At Hildebrand Law Office, P.C., we assist clients with stepparent adoptions in LaFayette, Kensington, Rising Fawn, Ringgold, Fort Oglethorpe, and Trenton, Georgia.