Using adoption to grow your family can be a lengthy process, although the reward is undoubtedly worth the wait. Deciding to adopt is often the easiest part. Actually finding the right child to join your family can be much more difficult. Prospective parents may find...
You want to have a child but are unable to do so traditionally. You love the idea of surrogacy, which will still give you a biological child in a way you never thought would be possible. Now you just have to find the right surrogate mother. Should you ask a family...
Surrogacy is an invaluable tool for those who want to add children to their families. Whether you choose traditional surrogacy or gestational surrogacy using your own genetic materials and in vitro fertilization (IVF), there are many health concerns and financial...
Your child is important to you. As their father, it’s your right to spend time with them. You should be as much of a part of their life as their mother is -- but, unlike their mother, you don't have any automatic rights to your child when that child is born out of...
Finding a way to share custody peacefully with your ex can take a lot of work. You likely both want to spend as much time with the children as possible. Making time for both parents usually means you have to compromise to find solutions that work for co-parenting....
The free-wheeling days of the early 2000’s -- when just about anybody could get a mortgage loan, whether they could afford it or not -- came to a crashing halt when the market collapsed. Since then, a lot of people think that so-called predatory lenders have shaped up...
There are many reasons why individuals decide to pursue adoption. They may do so because they haven't yet found the right person to settle down and start a family with or are unable to have children on their own. Others pursue adoption because they want to make a...
You've negotiated a settlement over the marital debts and assets, agreed to a custody and parenting plan and generally done everything necessary to get your divorce over -- and a judge has finally reviewed your agreement and signed off. You're not quite done, however,...
Surrogacy is a very useful tool for those who want a bigger family but who can't carry a child themselves. Advances in medical technology have allowed surrogacy to be more personal than ever before. In gestational surrogacy, a couple can use their own eggs and sperm...
Gladys Knight sang about her man “Leaving on the Midnight Train to Georgia.” What about if it is Georgia that you want to leave and you want to take your children with you? To cross the state line with your children after divorce will require careful consideration and...
