If you would like to adopt your significant other’s child, you may complete a step parent adoption, a domestic parnter adoption, or a second parent adoption. This process allows the second parent to appear on the child’s birth certificate.

If you are married, you will complete a step parent adoption.

If you a registered as a couple, you may complete a domestic partner adoption.

If you are neither married nor registered, you’ll complete a second parent adoption.

Each of these adoptions can be accomplished in conjunction with a readoption so that you only have to appear in court once, or they can be entirely separate.

As a licensed agency, we can walk you through how to complete this process without an attorney. We are also happy to work cooperatively with your attorney if you already have one.

Coming Soon: downloadable applications!