by McIlveen Family Law Firm | Apr 2, 2018 | Adoption
Adult adoptions are easier and less expensive than adoptions of children. Adults are primarily adopted to ensure inheritance, formalize relationships between adult child and stepparent, and to form family ties. Reasons Adults are Adopted Some of the primary reasons...
by McIlveen Family Law Firm | Mar 30, 2018 | Adoption, North Carolina Law
When a child is adopted, their ties to their prior parents are severed with one exception. Stepparent adoption only severs the relationship with the parent that the stepparent is not married to at the time of the adoption. NC Requirements Stepparent Adoption The...
by Angela McIlveen | Aug 24, 2017 | Adoption
The North Carolina statute on adoptions governs how adoptions are done in NC and it is based in large part on the Uniform Adoption Act. Adoption proceedings are special proceedings before the clerk of the superior court, but appeals and all cases with issues of fact...
