step parent adoption

What is the name of your state? Michigan

Can you file step parent adoption paperwork without the help of a lawyer?

Also does the child have to be a min. age?

We have consent from the mother and she wants to get this over with ASAP as do we. Our child is a newborn.

[tigger22472]

It CAN be done without a lawyer but is not recommended. I know in my state there has to be a home study done by the welfare department... there is a punitive father registry that has to be attended too... also there is money to the health department when reissuing the BC's. There are a lot of issues to make sure they are done and done correctly not only to secure the adoption but to make sure nothing comes up later in life. Speak to a lawyer for a free consultation.

[stealth2]

Originally posted by tigger22472
there is a punitive father registry

uuhh, that would be "putative".

uuhh, that would be "putative".

I don't know babycakes. With some of the posts here it could very well be Punitive

[tigger22472]

Originally posted by krispenstpeter
I don't know babycakes. With some of the posts here it could very well be Punitive

ha ha ha.. ya know I went and got my paperwork just to be sure what the heck I've been saying all this time and the way I understood it to be said to me and I had typed it as I thought it was. Guess that is my one new learned thing today