Why step-parent and family adoption?
There are estimated to be over six million children living with step-parents in the United States at this time. One and a half million children live with their grandparents. This is result of death, divorce, separation and unplanned pregnancies, among other causes. Fortunately, today many step-parents are seeking to be more then just the often-maligned step-parent and are becoming more to the child that they live with. They are undertaking to be the parent by adopting the child. Many grandparents also are taking over the primary parenting role for their grandchildren and are becoming parents through adoption. It is a truly remarkable experience to stand in court with a step-parent who looks at a step-child and tells the court and the child that he chooses the step-child as his own child! A step-parent can give no greater gift to a child than adoption. It also is reassuring to see grandparents stepping up and becoming parents for children who often desperately need parents.
