My Children Were Adopted While I Was in Prison. Can I Get Them Back?
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?
Category: Adoption
Can Adoption be Transfered to Another Person?
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?
My Daughter’s Father Takes No Interest in Her Life and My Husband Wants to Adopt Her. How Can We Go About This?
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?
What is My Legal Relationship to Biological Siblings if I am Adopted by My Step Father?
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.
My Wife and I Want to Adopt but I’m a Convicted Felon. What Can We Do?
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?
Can My Husband Adopt My Daughter, Who Was Fathered by Another Man?
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?
I Want to Adopt My Niece, of Whom I Have Legal Custody. What Are My Rights?
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?
My Husband Adopted My Son Before Filing for Divorce. How Do I Claim Legal Custody?
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?
Is There a Way to Put my Name on my Stepson’s Birth Certificate?
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.
In an Adoption, Is there a Way to Show Proof of Paternity Without Doing a DNA Test?
My boyfriend/fiancee’s ex had a son without his knowledge. My boyfriend wants nothing to do with her or the child and she claims that there is no name on the birth certificate. Is there a way the adoption can be done with out a DNA test or going to a Wisconsin court?