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		<title>Will Court Terminate Parental Rights Without Consent of Biological Parent?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m originally from NJ. My daughter’s biological father never signed her birth certificate and only saw her when she was 1 week old and then once more when she was 4 months old. He’s never paid any child support and I don’t know where he is currently living.]]></description>
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		<title>My Children Were Adopted While I Was in Prison.  Can I Get Them Back?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was incarcerated in 2005 and my children were placed in foster care and adopted.  How can I find out where they are and get them back?]]></description>
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		<title>Can Adoption be Transfered to Another Person?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a family member who would like to transfer her adoption of a girl to someone else in our family.  The girl and the other family member have become very close.  Is there an easy way of doing this without DCS seeing it as abandonment by the person who originally adopted the girl?]]></description>
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		<title>My Daughter&#8217;s Father Takes No Interest in Her Life and My Husband Wants to Adopt Her. How Can We Go About This?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Support]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter's father has been absent from her life for the last year and a half.  I recently married and my husband wants to adopt her.  How do we go about this?]]></description>
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		<title>What is My Legal Relationship to Biological Siblings if I am Adopted by My Step Father?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am in the process of being adopted by my step-father.  I have 4 half-siblings by my biological father and want to know what my legal relationship will be with them once the adoption goes through.]]></description>
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		<title>My Wife and I Want to Adopt but I&#8217;m a Convicted Felon.  What Can We Do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I haven't been successful in conceiving a baby and would like to adopt.  I was convicted of a class 3 felony nearly 20 years ago.  Will this hurt our chances?]]></description>
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		<title>Can My Husband Adopt My Daughter, Who Was Fathered by Another Man?</title>
		<link>http://www.dearesq.com/can-my-husband-adopt-my-daughter-who-was-fathered-by-another-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter hasn't seen her biological father in over a year.  He is not named on the birth certificate nor does he support her, in any way.  Can my new husband adopt her?]]></description>
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		<title>I Want to Adopt My Niece, of Whom I Have Legal Custody.  What Are My Rights?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've had legal custody of my niece for over 2 years and want to legally adopt her.  Her parents, neither of whom have a job or money to care for her, will not agree to the adoption.  What are my rights?]]></description>
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		<title>My Husband Adopted My Son Before Filing for Divorce.  How Do I Claim Legal Custody?</title>
		<link>http://www.dearesq.com/my-husband-adopted-my-son-before-filing-for-divorce-how-do-i-claim-legal-custody/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dearesq.com/my-husband-adopted-my-son-before-filing-for-divorce-how-do-i-claim-legal-custody/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband adopted my son but has since left us and filed for divorce.  He has no interest in being a father.  How do I retain legal custody of my son?]]></description>
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		<title>Is There a Way to Put my Name on my Stepson&#8217;s Birth Certificate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I married my wife in late 2007...she had a son with another man in 2004 out of wedlock and did not list the biological father on the birth certificate. Is there a way I can place my name on my son's birth certificate so that he is my son and not just a "step-son"?  I've raised him as my own since early 2006.]]></description>
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