- 1. Domestic Private Placement Adoption
- 2. Domestic Private Agency Adoption
- 3. Second Parent Adoptions
- 4. Step Parent Adoptions
- 5. International Adoption
- 6. Re-Adoption
- 7. Domestic Public Agency / Foster Care Adoptions
- 8. Adoptive Parents' FAQs
3. Second Parent Adoptions
In order for Co-Parents in a same sex relationship to both have the legal status of parent it is often necessary to petition for a Second Parent adoption. This may be true because one partner is the biological parent of their child, one partner previously adopted the child or was previously declared to be a legal parent pursuant to a surrogacy agreement. For whatever reason, Second Parent Adoptions secure the parental relationship of each parent to the child.
Rumbold & Seidelman has assisted many lesbian, gay and unmarried couples to insure that their rights are legally established and protected through a Second Parent adoption.
Rumbold & Seidelman can assist you in the following ways:
- Determine a co-parent’s ability to petition for a Second Parent Adoption
- Address whether any third party’s potential parental rights should be terminated
- Prepare and submit all required documentation and papers for the finalization of the adoption
- Obtain a birth certificate identifying the second parent as parent of the child
