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  2. Uniform Adoption Act - Wikipedia

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    ARTICLE 5. ADOPTION OF ADULTS AND EMANCIPATED MINORS § 5-101 Who may adopt adult or emancipated minor § 5-102 Legal consequences of adoption § 5-103 Consent to adoption § 5-104 Jurisdiction and venue § 5-105 Petition for adoption § 5-106 Notice and time of hearing § 5-107 Dispositional hearing § 5-108 Decree of adoption ARTICLE 6.

  3. Baby Richard case - Wikipedia

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    Three years after the birth of the child, in June 1994, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the Circuit Court of Cook County and the Illinois Appellate Court had wrongly terminated Kirchner's parental rights, and the adoption was improper. Under Illinois law, courts can only consider a child's best interests if a biological parent is ...

  4. Putative father registry - Wikipedia

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    The page includes .pdf forms and links to legal statutes relating to its registry. Nebraska Putative Father Registry Form - Nebraska Search Registry Form; New Mexico - The New Mexico Department of Health, Vital Records website has a brief description of the registry and includes forms to search and to register, the links and form names even ...

  5. Couple denied adoption because they aren't married ... - AOL

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    A.M.B was denied a petition for adoption in Circuit Court in Ashland County in June 2022. The rejection came despite a Home Study Report by the county's Department of Human Services recommending ...

  6. How much an adoption costs and 4 ways to pay for it - AOL

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    The most affordable way to adopt a child is through the U.S. foster care system. On average, it costs under $2,800 to adopt a child from foster care.. Independent adoption through an attorney ...

  7. Second-parent adoption - Wikipedia

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    The adoption code makes no exception for couples living together who are not married." [24] The law was updated in 2023 to use the phrasing "an unmarried couple may not adopt a minor" but kept the requirement of marriage. [25] Additionally, some courts have turned down requests to adopt a same-sex spouse’s child. [26]

  8. Same-sex adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Second parent adoption for LGBT couples in Illinois became legal in 1995 after a ruling in favor of K.M. and D.M. (a lesbian couple) to adopt Olivia M. (the biological child of K.M.), and K.L. and M.M. (another lesbian couple) to adopt Michael M. and David M. (David is the biological child of K.L. and Michael is the adoptive child of K.L.). [58]

  9. Outline of adoption - Wikipedia

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    It is forbidden by Islamic law to adopt a child (in the common sense of the word). Instead, children retain membership to their original family. this is called in Arabic: kafala. Uniform Adoption Act – The Uniform Adoption Act (1994) is a model law (Uniform Act) proposed by the U.S. Uniform Law Commission. It attempts to "be a comprehensive ...