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What is the difference between legal guardianship and adoption?

April 26, 2017adoption guardianship Legal Parenting pregnancy

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What is the difference between legal guardianship and adoption?

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Legal guardianship can be changed. Adoption, once final, normally can’t. Which you choose to do depends on many factors. If the child is over 10, it is really up to the child if they want to be adopted or not. Sometimes they do. Sometimes not. Many folks on Social Security who have custody of their grandchildren have to face this choice. In some cases, they adopt the child in order to get the child on Social Security.