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    Gaz57rhonddacar Posts: 2, Reputation: -1
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    Jun 13, 2012, 02:39 PM
    Girlfriend adopt kids
    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 before
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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.

    Quote Originally Posted by get8p View Post
    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
    Quote Originally Posted by ScottGem View Post
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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
    Quote Originally Posted by get8p View Post
    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.
    Quote Originally Posted by AK lawyer View Post
    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
    Quote Originally Posted by get8p View Post

    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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    Jun 18, 2012, 01:25 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by get8p View Post
    Depends on a man, depends on a place and case.

    Cheers.
    Answering questions based solely on your experience in ONE situation can be dangerous. You've been asked several times now to provide some form of back up for your statements, so far you have not.
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    Jun 18, 2012, 01:29 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    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.
    Hey. I don't see how knowledge of my location would help... anyone here.
    Thanks for informing me though.

    Quote Originally Posted by JudyKayTee View Post
    Your "own's" experience where - ?
    Where I'm being at. All you oughtta know.

    My advice is useless? So just don't mind it then. I won't be suggesting notarys in law cases anymore.
    Now, you mind if we finish this circus?
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    Jun 18, 2012, 01:36 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by get8p View Post
    Hey. I don't see how knowledge of my location would help... anyone here.
    Thanks for informing me though.
    We aren't asking for a specific location, but laws vary from place to place. So we are trying to determine whether the laws in your area require greater knowledge from notaries.
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    Jun 18, 2012, 01:49 PM
    No notary in the US can give legal advice. I wonder if "get8p" is confusing notaries and Paralegals? Of course, I also wonder about the reluctance to disclose a Country or State but...

    EDIT: Now I understand the odd "speech" pattern and big, impressive words mixed with "oughtta" - he's a foreigner (whatever that means) - https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/movies...rs-670502.html
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    Jun 18, 2012, 04:34 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by JudyKayTee View Post
    ... In my area a notary who gives legal advice is breaking the law. ...
    The unauthorized practice of law is either holding yourself out to be an attorney or appearing in court in someone's behalf, without an attorney license. If giving free advice is a crime, I think we all would be guilty.

    Quote Originally Posted by JudyKayTee View Post
    No notary in the US can give legal advice. I wonder if "get8p" is confusing notaries and Paralegals? ...
    -and get paid for it.. . unless he or she is also an attorney.

    And a paralegal cannot practice law either.
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    Jun 18, 2012, 05:10 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by AK lawyer View Post
    The unauthorized practice of law is either holding yourself out to be an attorney or appearing in court in someone's behalf, without an attorney license. If giving free advice is a crime, I think we all would be guilty.

    -and get paid for it. ... unless he or she is also an attorney.

    And a paralegal cannot practice law either.

    I've obviously been "operating" under some misinformation - it was my understanding that a Notary cannot act as a legal advisor (give legal information) unless also an Attorney. I thought Notaries also couldn't give legal advice or answer legal questions. I'm wasn't aware that a Q&A Board might be creating a problem.

    Paralegals in Canada can give legal advice - or at least that's what I thought.
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    Jun 18, 2012, 05:26 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by JudyKayTee View Post
    ... I thought Notaries also couldn't give legal advice or answer legal questions. ...
    They can to the same extent as any other non-attorney can. Frequently the agency in a particular state which licenses notaries will publish a handbook for notaries public. Such a handbook will say "you cannot give legal advice". That would mean that the notary is not a lawyer, if the customer asks the notary what the legal effect of a certain document is, or which document the customer needs to accomplish a certain end, the notary should answer that he or she "cannot give legal advice". But, like you and I here on that forum, they can tell people what they think about their legal problem; as long as they don't
    • falsely represent themselves as being licensed to "practice law" in their particular jurisdiction, or
    • let the person believe that, by the giving of the advice, an "attorney-client relationship" somehow has been created.

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