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Asked Jun 13, 2012, 02:39 PM — 16 Answers
My wife left in feb 2010 i got the kids can my new girlfreind of 2 years adopt my kids

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Jun 13, 2012, 02:42 PM
Ive not hered of the woman adoptin b 4
ScottGem (Jun 13, 2012 05:47 PM): huh? step parents both male and female can adopt   Source:Standard family law
Alty (Jun 18, 2012 05:30 PM): You've never heard of a woman adopting a child? It happens every day.   Source:Common sense.
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Jun 13, 2012, 02:43 PM
Unlikely that a court would allow a girlfriend to adopt, but if you married her that would make things easier.

Really depends on your location.
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Jun 13, 2012, 02:47 PM
Not enough details. I think u should talk to a local notary about this, or a lawyer.
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Jun 13, 2012, 05:52 PM


First, ANY question on law needs to include your general locale as laws vary by area.

If the children's mother agrees to the adoption it is possible depending on local law. Most areas do require that a couple be married before allowing a partner adoption.

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Not enough details. I think u should talk to a local notary about this, or a lawyer.
I don't know where you get the idea that a notary knows anything about the law by being a notary.
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Jun 13, 2012, 06:19 PM
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I don't know where you get the idea that a notary knows anything about the law by being a notary.
Get8P has today said similar things about notaries in another thread.

I'm wondering if Get8P is in a country where a notary is some sort of small-time attorney.

In the U.S. at least, a notarial commission does not authorize one to practice law.
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Jun 18, 2012, 12:04 PM
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Not enough details. I think u should talk to a local notary about this, or a lawyer.

Apparently get8p is hung up on notaries without even understanding what a notary does.

Not a smart idea to ask someone who acknowledges signatures for a living about the law.

I'd go back to the lady in the doughnut shop, which you've suggested before, and, of course, the loaded gun under the pillow.
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Jun 18, 2012, 12:48 PM
Not try to being smart here, I only speak from own's experience, when a notary been a big help to me, and it was ingenuously related to the law.
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I'm wondering if Get8P is in a country where a notary is some sort of small-time attorney.

In the U.S. at least, a notarial commission does not authorize one to practice law.
Depends on a man, depends on a place and case.

Cheers.
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Jun 18, 2012, 12:53 PM


get8p, it would help Judy (and the rest of us) to know which country you live in. I'm guessing you are not in the US where many notaries have no legal knowledge. They work in libraries or at banks or in church offices.
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Jun 18, 2012, 01:17 PM
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Not try to being smart here, I only speak from own's experience, when a notary been a big help to me, and it was ingenuously related to the law.

Depends on a man, depends on a place and case.

Cheers.

Your "own's" experience where - ? In my area a notary who gives legal advice is breaking the law. So, where is "it" ingenuously related to the law?

There's no time limit to respond. I was busy reading some of your other posts.
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