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MY SISTER LEFT HER BABY WITH ME SINCE BIRTH, SHE'S NOW 2YRS OLD DO I HAVE ANY RIGHTS TO ADOPT HER?

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THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR PARENTAL RIGHTS BUT THEY DON'T WANT THE BABY EITHER! WHAT SHALL I DO? I FEEL USED AND I DON'T WANT HER TAKEN AWAY LATER ON IN LIFE. I'M SO ATTACHED NOW!

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  1. No you have no right unless you have custody papers and the mother has signed away parental rights.  


  2. first you have every right to adopt and second for that to happen the parents have to give up there parental rights over to you if your sister wants to be in the babies life she can be the god parent and not the parent because you and the childs parent if its been with you sense birth  

  3. You don't have any rights unless the parents sign the child over to you.  

    File for adoption and see where it goes, but the parents have to give up their rights before you can make it final even though you have had the child for 2 years.  It's useless!! All the time you have spent with the child will be wasted time if you don't get it legally (in writing)!

    You'll be the fool in the end! That's just our legal system!

  4. Call your local DCFS office and begin to document phone calls with the parents and any visit they make. DCFS should have been involved since the baby's birth. You need to contact them now or risk her being taken from you.  

  5. you can claim her on your taxes

    i think that is child abandonment so you better get a lawer go to court

  6. Check with the police or DCFS and see if you can file against them for child abandonment.  If you've been caring and paying for the child for years, you have a good case.

  7. get a lawyer...see what your options are...more than likely they will be in your favor since the parents in no way have helped out all this time.

    good luck hun

  8. You could show a judge that they are unfit parents and that you have had the child in your custody all this time.  Good luck

  9. Consult with a lawyer first, not a random group of people on the Internet who are likely not lawyers with expertise in family law.

    That said, my layman's opinion is you've probably got a very strong case for adoption.

    And your caps lock key is on.
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