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Legal Fathers What makes a legal father so special? Simply put, a legal father is protected by law to protect the child. He gets to provide financial assistance for the child, which the child will recognize. Children recognize provision and …
Why Being a Legal Father Is So Important and How to Become One in AL 2026Read More
Article by Will Jenne Introduction One of the many hurdles that people interested in pursuing adoption have to navigate is the expensive nature of the adoption process (especially if the adoption is contested). This financial hurdle has long been a …
Abandonment in Stepparent Adoption If you are considering stepparent adoption, the time is right in the case of abandonment. If the natural parent has abandoned the child, the stepparent can adopt. But what does abandonment actually mean? …
The Powerful, Forgotten Right of a Foster Parent - the Importance of Intervention and Custody Intervention and Custody are topics of great importance. A foster parent can have a tremendous, positive impact by applying these to their case. …
A Common Myth That Keeps Kids in Foster Care for Years There is a common myth circulated among child welfare professionals. It assumes that if a natural parent is at least devoted to visiting their child in foster care, the natural …
This Devastating Myth Keeps Kids in Foster Care for YearsRead More
The sacred office of legal father M.E.M., Jr. v. K.J., (December 5, 2025) is a recent case which discuss the sacred office of legal father. It comes to us on appeal from the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals’. In this case, they reviewed a juvenile …
An Important Study: The Sacred Office of a Legal FatherRead More
Fearful of ICE? It's not absurd that an international adoptee would be fearful of ICE. It's absurd that anyone should suggest that they be fearful. And that's exactly what some so-called adoption professionals and news outlets are doing as of …
International Adoption Has No Need to be Afraid of ICERead More
Can the Court Lawfully Suspend Visitation of a Noncustodial Parent? In short, the answer is yes, the trial court has discretion to suspend visitation of a noncustodial parent who has a dependent child if it is in the child’s best interest and …
A Question Weighing on the Mind of Every Foster ParentRead More
Alabama Adoption Foster Care – A Journey – Nine Months Matters Almost every foster parent gets into foster care because they have a burning passion to help children in need. The State has the lock and the key on the vulnerable, at risk, abandoned, …
