Adoption Attorney in McKinney, Texas
What is the process for adopting a child in Texas?
What is the process for adopting a child in Texas?
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the adoption process
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can be more or less complicated based on
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a variety of factors
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if we do not have parents that need to
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be
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terminated if parents have already been
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terminated for example through cps
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litigation
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then the adoption process is quite quick
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and easy most of the time
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if we have one parent who needs to be
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terminated or
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two parents who need to be terminated
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where those parents are willing
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to sign a voluntary voluntary
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relinquishment of parental rights
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then those can be very quick and easy as
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well
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if you have a biological parent or two
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who are objecting to termination and
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adoption
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those are much more complicated and you
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have to prove certain statutory grounds
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in order to get the termination
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once we’re looking at just the adoption
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piece and we have
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all the biological parents terminated
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then we need to
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have a home study done where somebody
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licensed person to do home studies comes
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to your home
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meets with you and the child talks to
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references and makes a recommendation to
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the court
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about whether or not this adoption is in
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the best interest of the child
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the adopting parents also need to
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complete background checks
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which is a very simple process you go do
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electronic fingerprints
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the company sends those results back to
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us and we file them with the court
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sometimes depending on the circumstances
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of the case
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you need to have a guardian ad litem or
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an attorney ad item appointed to
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represent the child’s best interest
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who will speak to the court and let the
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court know whether or not they believe
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this case is in the child’s best
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interest and the child should be adopted
Dallas, TX family law attorney Holly Draper talks about the process of adopting a child in Texas.
