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- Understanding Adoption Legal Procedures – Your Guide to Court Steps
Frequently asked questions explaining the involvement of courts and lawyers in the adoption process. - Adoption FAQs for Prospective Parents
Frequently asked questions for those who want to adopt a child, including advice for single people and unmarried couples. - Understanding Agency Adoptions
Frequently asked questions that describe the procedures and costs involved when you adopt a child through an agency. - Understanding Tax Dependent Eligibility for Domestic Partners
There are five tests you must meet to claim your partner as a tax dependent. - Navigating Name Changes After Marriage
- Appointing a Guardian for Your Children’s Future
- Understanding Common Law Marriage – Your Questions Answered
- Understanding Adoption Consent: Knowledgeable Guidance
Learn whose consent is necessary before a legal adoption can take place. - Understanding Adoption Costs – Frequently Asked Questions
Adoptions can cost a bundle. These questions and answers help you weigh the financial aspects of different types of adoptions. - Understanding Your Rights: Domestic Violence and Civil Liability FAQs
Information to help you take legal action against your abuser. - Domestic Violence: Understanding Your Legal Options FAQ
Suggestions to help you stop domestic violence. - Guardianship Establishment and Management: Essential Questions Answered
- International Adoption Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about adopting a child from another country. - Exploring Prenuptial Agreements: A Wise Choice for Your Future?
These steps will help you decide whether a prenuptial agreement makes sense for you. - Guiding Your Children’s Inheritance: Responsible Property Management
- Cohabitation Agreements at The Law Office of J. Michael Clay
Learn what a living together contract is and whether or not you need one. - Securing Your Future: Empowering Your Partner with Legal Authority
To allow your partner to take care of things for you if you can’t speak for yourself, you must prepare the right legal documents. - Marriage Essentials: Understanding the Laws and Regulations
- Understanding the Impact of Marriage on Your Legal and Practical Rights
Learn some of the legal and practical ways that getting married changes your life. - Understanding Marital Property Ownership
- Name Change Frequently Asked Questions
- Understanding Guardianship: Essential FAQs
- Independent Adoption FAQs
Answers to common questions about independent adoptions. - Understanding Open Adoptions – Your Questions Answered
Frequently asked questions about adoptions where there is some degree of contact between the birthparents, the adoptive parents, and sometimes the adopted child. - FAQs on Parenting by Unmarried Couples
- Understanding Prenuptial Agreements: Essentials Before Saying “I Do”
What you need to know if you’re considering a prenuptial, or premarital, agreement. - Understanding Property Rights for Unmarried Couples – FAQs
- State Marriage License and Blood Test Requirements
This chart lists requirements for marriage licenses, state by state. - Stepparent Adoption: Commonly Asked Questions
Most adoptions in the United States are stepparent adoptions. Here are answers to some common concerns about the process. - Understanding Home Studies in Adoption
All states require adoptive parents to undergo an investigation to make sure they are fit to raise a child. Here’s what to expect. - Navigating the Return of an Engagement Ring
Long after the heartbreak has healed, one nagging question often remains: Who gets to keep the ring? - Exploring Adoption Options
Learn about types of adoption, rules about consent, and how a home study works. - Understanding Domestic Violence: Definitions and Legal Remedies
Knowing the definition of domestic violence can help you take action against it. - Navigating Prenuptial Agreements: What They Can and Cannot Cover
Understand what you can accomplish by making a prenuptial contract before you marry. - Understanding Guardianship: Essential Questions Answered
These frequently asked questions explain when you do — and don’t — need to seek legal guardianship of a child in your care.