Can I adopt (in Florida) without an attorney?
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at
9:38 am
My husband and I have been looking to adopt for some time. We’ve recently come across a situation where the teenage girl is willing to permanently place her unborn baby with us.
Is it possible to complete the adoption process buy prescription drugs online WITHOUT using an attorney?
There’s no such thing as "Do-it-yourself" adoptions.
There are reams of papers that have to be filed, a judge has to witness and finalize the adoption, investigations have to be done by the courts.
Lots of time and energy go into adoption and you need a lawyer.
someone needs to notarize the papers. Check with your local government. It varies by counties sometimes.
No
Even if you could, would that be ethical to the expectant mother? Are you providing non-biased counseling to make sure she has explored all of her options in being able to raise her child? Does she fully know the consequences to not only herself but to her child by relinquishment?
Because skipping your legal counsel is one thing, skipping her legal counsel is an entirely different thing, and it’s completely unthinkable that you would want to do that to someone else.
Safeguarding the rights and well-being of birthparents in the adoption process
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/publications/2006BirthparentStudyrevised07.pdf
No
Absolutely not. It would create SERIOUS problems, and I mean
S-E-R-I-O-U-S
problems if ten years down the line the girl decides she wants to meet her baby. Not to mention that you would be breaking several laws, committing felonies, on which you could face criminal charges. Kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, custodial interference. If you move, that could be a case for human trafficking across state lines.
It is not something you even want to think about maybe considering.
no.
cheap, much?