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[quote=Anonymous][quote=SarahandtheAteam]ok, so i've been told left and right, up and down "You need a lawyer/ this is a bad idea/ don't even try to do this yourselves" etc.

I appreciate that feedback, but could anyone share with me *why*? [/quote]

I am an attorney (though not family law) and I did this myself.  However, I have lots of friends who willingly donated their time to me to review my filings and make sure I didn't screw it up.  I do NOT recommend a non-attorney try it because it's complicated and the consequences of not doing it properly are that it is as if you hadn't bothered to do it at all.  Even without an attorney, it's not free to do it - you have court fees, you may need a home study (mine was waived, but I had to go to a different county to make that happen).  Your child has a bio dad.  You have to properly terminate parental rights before you can proceed with an adoption.  Whether you like it or not, the bio dad has rights simply because he is the parent of your child until the  relationship is legally terminated.

Far better to spend a little money up front protecting your child than being sorry in the long run if something goes wrong.  [/quote]

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