Stepparent Adoption in Texas: How to Legally Adopt Your Spouse’s Child

If you're thinking about adopting your spouse’s child in Texas, you’re not alone. Many stepparents form strong, loving bonds with their stepchildren and want to make that connection official in the eyes of the law. In Texas, stepparent adoption is absolutely possible—but it requires going through a legal process that includes terminating...

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Step-Parent Adoption Process

The step-parent relationship can be a special one. Step-parents can play a big role in a child’s life and can often develop a relationship as solid as anyone held by the child and one of their biological parents. In fact, many step-parents wish to pursue the adoption of a step-child to legally recognize...

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Texas Adoption Process

Have you considered adoption? It can be a daunting process, but it may just be the most rewarding thing you do in your life! To help you out on your journey, we want to give you a bird’s eye view of the Texas adoption process.

Texas Adoption Process

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What Is an Open Adoption?

Adoption has greatly evolved over the years. In the past, closed adoptions were pretty much the norm. A birth parent would place a child up for adoption and ties would, essentially, be severed. Through the years, this has left adoptees with many questions that will often go unanswered. Especially troubling can be the...

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Adoption Requirements in Texas

For many people, adoption is an answer to prayers. Individuals or couples seeking to have a baby and unable to do so, those eager to provide a home for a child in need, a stepparent who can’t wait to be the legal parent of a child already loved, or pregnant teenagers seeking adoring parents...
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Tenn. Governor Signs Bill Allowing Adoption Agencies to Reject LGBTQ Parents

Is the new Tennessee bill in violation of the United States Constitution?

In a controversial move, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill that allows adoption agencies to refuse to place adoptive children with same-sex parents. The law, which already took effect, gives adoption agencies who believe that same-sex households violate the agency’s written religious...

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