ADOPTION
Daniel B. Halpern, Attorney
111 North Market Street
Suite 1010
San Jose, California 95113
Phone: 408-286-8595
Fax: 408-286-8597
Email:
dhalpern@halpernlegal.com
Website: halpernlegal.com
Santa Clara Valley Attorney Daniel B. Halpern Handles Step-Parent Adoption
Adoption:
"A legal process which permanently gives parental rights to adoptive parents. Adoption means taking a child into your home as a permanent family member. It means caring for and guiding children through their growing years and giving them the love and understanding they need to develop their full potential.” [California Department of Social Services, Adoption FAQS]
"The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys believes that children should be recognized as individuals possessed of their own interests and rights, including the right to be part of a stable and permanent family, and the right to remain part of that family once it is established with an expectation that the status will be permanent. Indeed, the Academy believes that these rights are constitutionally founded and are at the core of all liberties, for if children cannot count on the inalienable right to life and liberty in the family context, then what does our society offer them? These constitutional interests are both procedural and substantive. Therefore they should not be disturbed absent a compelling, established competing interest which is entitled to constitutional protection. Even then, if the constitutionally protected interests are in conflict and evenly balanced, the conflict should be resolved in favor of the child." [The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys]
Step-Parent Adoption:
“Step-parent adoption is when the spouse of a child's custodial parent adopts that child. The Department of Social Services prefers that the stepparent be married to the other parent at least one year before adoption."“The stepparent and custodial parent will fill out court forms. There will be a hearing in Court. The child to be adopted, the natural parent who the child will live with, and the adopting stepparent must go to the hearing.” Attorney Daniel B. Halpern is experienced in handling step-parent adoptions. See (Family Law in San Jose, CA.) [Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, Self Service Center]
Daniel B. Halpern, Attorney
111 North Market Street
Suite 1010
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: 408-286-8595
Fax: 408-286-8597
Email:
dhalpern@halpernlegal.com
Website: halpernlegal.com
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