I have legal custody of my niece I will like to adopt her what option do I have?

My niece's s one year old daughter was place with me by the Dept of Social Services in 2007, for 11 months for safety reasons. We loved her and provided comfort and care for my beautiful niece, but before the year was up, my niece's older sister insisted that she wanted to take her then 2 year old...

My niece and nephew were just placed in foster homes. How do I get custody? I want to adopt them. What is the first step?

Hi let me see if I can summarize the last year and 3 months. On Oct 24, 2007 I went to court because I had petioned for a protective order for my 4 month old niece. Her mother had custody of her. She is my brother's biological child and he was in jail and never named father. The mother had told...

My 14 year old grandaughter has been living with my son and daughter-in-law in Florida for the past 4 months. (she lived with me for the 2 months proceeding that) both her mother and father signed papers (not through a court) giving my son guardianship. He is in the Navy and wants to get her on...