Can I put my 17 year old son up for adoption?
NO you cannot. You can allow him/her to file for emancipation. You can make him/her a ward of the court. Adoption takes a while, and by the time the 17 year old gets in the system and if someone would want him/her (the probability of that happening, is slim to nothing.. and that's being optimistic) he'll/she'll already be 18 and will be out of the system. So, no, it's really not that possible.
I have an adopted daughter that just turned 35 years old and she just found her birth mother, why do I feel sad and afraid?
You are a human being who has poured your heart and soul into your child. It makes sense that part of you would feel sad that after everything you’ve done, she still wants to seek out her birth mother. However, please know that YOU are her mother and the woman who gave birth to her can NEVER replace you. Your daughter knows who loved, cared, and sacrificed for her. It’s natural for your daughter to be curious about where she comes from, but that doesn’t take away from everything you have done for her. You might be feeling a bit insecure right now because you’re afraid of losing her, but hold your peace. Your daughter creating a relationship with her birth mother will not take away from the relationship she has with you. It might even strengthen the relationship the two of you share after the dust settles. I’m sorry your heart is hurting. Remember, it’s okay to feel your feelings. Don’t let anyone make you think otherwise. You will be okay.
Can my 18 year old brother adopt our 2 nephews once he gets custody of me?
This is not enough information to answer reasonably. Who are you and where are your parents? What makes you think an 18 yr old boy will be given custody of anyone? More info would help a better answer.
Ok can i put myself up for adoption when im 16?
Maybe you'd get along better with your family if you gave them a chance, instead of fantasizing and plotting to live with another family. No family is perfect and it's very normal for a person of your age to have frustration and disagreement with his family. It's part of your growing up and developing some independence. When you mature a little more you'll come to realize living with you has not always been a walk in the park for them either. You'll appreciate your family, understand why they do what they do, and accept that them for who they are. Unless you are truly in harm's way, your friend's mom shouldn't encourage you this way. And if you are in harm's way, she should be taking more serious action.
Adopting a 17 year old girl?
I am pro-adopt I am a foster parent I and my husband have taken in 9 children in the past two years that we've been fostering. Its a pleasant experience but I am only 23 years old. I have had from newborn to age 11 so far with no problems. Ok, here's the question. We already have our adoption certificates which menas if a child has to be taken from the parents we can adopt. There are older kids that have no parents or their parents have no contact and they are in group homes, I thought about adopting a girl who is now age 17 and I am curious since I am 23 if that would cause problems. Would a 17 year old girl want a parental figure so close to her own age? The girl seems mellow and has interests that would fit into our family but I thought Id ask on here just to see what ppl said....of coarse I will find out more in the next few days as the workers contact me and give me more information
Theoretically, could you put a 17 year old up for adoption?
Absolutely NOT. Before he could even be placed in a home a JUdge would have to approve it and it would be Absurd---even the thought of it is absurd. The parents could kick him out and no one is going to take any legal steps. NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If a male child is adopted at the age of 17 years, is it valid?
Adoption is a legal process so of course when you adopt or are adopted it is legal, at least in the jurisdiction and for the purposes you adopted. That does not mean it will be recognized everywhere.Julius Caesar adopted his great nephew who was named in Caesar's will as his adopted son and heir, He became the first Roman Emperor. it was indeed valid even though Caesar was dead. Each state or nation can create its own adoption process or restrict adoption as it sees fit and generally the adoption will be valid in other places. Each US state must recognize adoptions by other states. Not necessarily by other nations if it is done in ways against US law.A friend adopted her son at age 19 in California (they had been a family since the boy was 8 but he was not legally free to be adopted until 18) and many other states permit adult adoption either generally or in limited cases such as a former foster parent adopting a former child or step-parent adoptions; but not limited to that.He is her child as if he had been born that way legally.However if he were not a US Citizen he would not be eligible to immigrate based on that adoption because Federal law generally requires you have physical and legal custody of the child at least two years prior to age 18 in order to confer immigration rights for the child.