The information provided below describes the minor guardianship statute in general. What is a Minor Guardianship? Guardianship is a legal arrangement. A guardianship is created when a court appoints someone to make decisions for, and take actions for, someone else. The guardian has a legal duty to that person. The legal duty is [...]
What Happens When Someone Passes Without A Will? If someone dies without a valid will they are said to have died “intestate”. Intestate means not having made a valid will before one dies. The Washington State Legislature, in effect, wrote a will for people who did not prepare their own will (RCW 11.04.015). [...]
Adoption Subsidies for Adopting Foster Children The Washington State Adoption Support Program provides ongoing support to families who adopt foster children. These are financial grants under an adoption support agreement which can include a monthly stipend payable over the minority of the child to the adoptive parents to assist with special expenses. Children [...]
How do I get a new Birth Certificate? Following the final decree of adoption, the new legal parent(s) will want to amend the birth certificate in the state in which the adoptee was born. They will want to obtain a re-registered birth certificate showing themselves as the new legal parents and the adoptees [...]
Open Adoption Agreements in Washington An open adoption is one in which the adoptive parents, the adoptee and the birth parents will have communication and/or contact after the adoption is completed. Historically, many adoptions were “closed adoptions” in that the adoptive parents and the child-adoptee had no contact or communication with the birth [...]
Adoption with DSHS Consent | Foster Adopt Process and steps to complete adoption through DSHS placement and consent through the Law Office of Kathleen McCann Tell your DSHS adoption caseworker that Kathleen McCann will be representing you in finalizing the adoption. The caseworker will deliver to my office some of the needed paperwork [...]
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