HELP Second Parent Adoption

Submitted by moms2be on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 8:30am

My partner, April, and I have gone through all of the medical steps towards insemination. We are now questioning our legal responsibilities to one another and the baby. I am seeking any help or advice for second parent adoption. We live in Georgia, and I have been unable to find a local lawyer that is well versed on same sex laws. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Sarah

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http://www.hrc.org/your_commu

Submitted by ktlove on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 10:14am.

http://www.hrc.org/your_community/3134_3138.htm?listpage=1

http://www.lambdalegal.org/our-work/states/georgia.html

Looks like your answer is quite unclear.
Finding the lgbt family practice lawyer is going to be the hardest part.

Try asking around with local orginization or group such as the one below.

http://www.megafamilyproject.org/about/index.html

Much luck to you.
kt

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If I had more time I would look into it for you but check gay.com they seem to have some sources

Thanks

Submitted by moms2be on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 8:13pm.

Thank you so much for your help. I found a wealth of information on all of the websites that you provided. I really appreciate your quick response.
Sarah K.

rainbowlaw.com is a helpful

Submitted by Todduscraig on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 1:32pm.

rainbowlaw.com is a helpful website for generic documents. They also have a family package that's quite reasonable.

thanks

Submitted by moms2be on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 8:14pm.

There are great resources there. Thank you!
Sarah K.

To Moms to be

Submitted by anonymous on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 11:15am.

However, I am a strait woman, my aunt raised me who is gay. So, I'm really geared toward your cause. My aunt and her lover had a child through a donor, and since have seperated, what they did was have a lawyer draw up 1- a Will, 2- a parental contract, and 3- a pre-nump. We live in Georgia and I think the same rules apply as where you are. When they seperated they had their contracts and so forth to fall back on, what they agreed to and so forth. There isn't much legally you can do as far as filling child support etc...but from what I know and have been raised around there is no Gay man or woman that will not take care of their kid. NOT TO WORRY! Hope this helps!