Has anyone 'divorced' their adoptive parent ?

Question

or heard of a case, were someone has done so?

I am not referring to the adoptee walking away and deciding to not have contact anymore. ..but legally having the adoption 'dissolved'.

(Due to coercion, abuse etc)

Answer 1

You cannot have the adoption dissolved any more than you can eliminate your parents as your parents.

The only thing you CAN do is change your name so it is harder to track you down OR have another adult adopt you.  See an estate lawyer about legal issues regarding your estate.

Answer 2

I'm having my natural mother adopt me as an adult. I am well aware of the fact that this will sever all ties with my adoptive mother and her family. Seeing a how my amom has been dead for 16 years I don't think it will matter much to her and her family is full of self righteous bigots who see me as the "poor little orphan" Pat took in, NOT a family member, so I doubt it will cause them any grief to be rid of me legally. My adad will remain my legal father.

Answer 3

no but i would like to so when you find out let me know. :)

Answer 4

To do so your "adoptive" parents have to allow this, and you have to be of age, to do so you have to go to court and state reasons or else its not legal. Also you have to be of age, and have identity, if your under age the only possible way is to be adopted by someone else or go back to your birth parents

Answer 5

nope

Answer 6

I have known people who wanted to, but as I understand it, the only legal way to do this is for the adoptive parents to "divorce" their adopted child, not the other way around.  As I understand it, they also have to do this before the child is 18.  If they don't, then the adoption is permanent.

Of course, the natural parent(s) can adopt the child back (or adult adoptee).  But that doesn't release the original birth certificate or open records (in a closed records state).  It just creates another layer of paperwork.  HOWEVER, you would then have your natural mother showing as your legal parent again.  So, there are pluses and minuses to that approach.  Or, I guess it would be more like pluses and neutrals (lol) since the adoptee is already dealing with paperwork and closed records, one more layer of it probably doesn't make things any worse.

Answer 7

I haven't, but I have seriously considered changing my name back to that of my n-family.  The only thing that holds me back is causing confusion for my young kids...so maybe when they are older and out of school I'll do it.

Answer 8

My ex-step-cousin did that. I'll explain the story.

My uncle (not related to me before) adopted my soon to be cousin and after that married my aunt that I was already related to. So, the adoption was then included in her name. Then, my aunt and uncle divorced about 10 years later, and my cousin wasn't her adoptive son anymore.