How to Adopt Your Stepchild in California
How to Adopt Your Stepchild in California

Author: Frank Zagone

Publisher: NOLO

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780873375061

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Packed with plain-English advice and step-by-step instructions for executing a stepparent adoption without a lawyer, this book explains how to: -- decide if adoption is right for a family -- determine if it's a legal possibility -- choose the correct procedure -- prepare and file all necessary papers with the court -- take a petition through the courtProvides all the necessary forms, as tear-outs and on a CD-ROM.

The Primal Wound
The Primal Wound

Author: Nancy Newton Verrier

Publisher: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Ba

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781905664764

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Originally published in 1993, this classic piece of literature on adoption has revolutionised the way people think about adopted children. Nancy Verrier examines the life-long consequences of the 'primal wound' - the wound that is caused when a child is separated from its mother - for adopted people. Her argument is supported by thorough research in pre- and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding and the effects of loss.

We Chose You
We Chose You

Author: Tony Dungy

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 39

ISBN-13: 0736973257

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Every Family is Created by God God forms families in many different ways and sizes, but all are equally important and special. When adopted son Calvin needs to tell about his family for a class assignment, he discovers his parents were praying for him long before they chose him. Not only that, but God chose them for Calvin. It wasn't by chance and it wasn't an accident. It was according to His plan. We Chose You was written to communicate to all children, whether birthed or adopted, that they are chosen. That they are secure. That they are loved. This is a message every child needs to hear. Let this book give you the words to tell your child about your family's unique story.

The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption
The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption

Author: Lori Holden

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781442217393

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This book covers common open adoption situations and how real families have navigated typical issues successfully. Like all useful parenting books, it provides parents with the tools to come to answers on their own, and answers questions that might not yet have come up.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781590318737

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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Adopting On Your Own
Adopting On Your Own

Author: Lee Varon

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2000-10-04

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780374128838

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Addresses questions and concerns of prospective single adoptive parents, and provides information on transracial and international adoption and the rights of gays and lesbians to adopt.

Adopting the Hurt Child
Adopting the Hurt Child

Author: Gregory Keck

Publisher: Tyndale House

Published: 2014-02-27

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 161521447X

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Without avoiding the grim statistics, this book reveals the real hope that hurting children can be healed through adoptive and foster parents, social workers, and others who care. Includes information on foreign adoptions.