Step-Parent Adoption

Step-parent adoption is the act of adopting the non-biological children of one’s spouse.

Sometimes, when a divorced person remarries, or following the death of a spouse the surviving spouse decides to marry again, a step-parent wants to adopt the children from a prior marriage or relationship.

This is an easy and joyous process when it is an appropriate next step!

The attorneys at Transitions Legal can guide families through the step-parent adoption process from start to finish.

There are many reasons a step-parent may choose to become a legal parent of step-children. Perhaps they want to create a more cohesive family. They may want to assume legal and financial responsibility for the children.

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And, in the sudden event of something tragic happening to the children’s biological parent, this step-parent will then be legally entitled to care for and raise the children.

Learn more about step-parent adoption here and here.