Adoption

My husband and I live in California. We have decided to adopt a child from our family friend. The birth parent of the child is a minor. Does a minor birth parent have a right to give consent to the independent adoption?

My husband and I are living in California. Our family friend had a child a month ago and they want us to adopt their child by the method of independent adoption. We are happy to adopt because we are unable to have a child. We would like to know whether the birth parents can select the adoptive parents under independent adoption?

My wife and I live in California. We have been selected by a birth parent for the process of independent adoption. We are aware of the interview and investigation process conducted by the agencies of independent adoption. We would like to know under what grounds the agency can reject the final approval for adoption?

I am a sixteen-year-old living in California. I was adopted ten years ago and have been living with my adoptive parents ever since. I have not been able to accept my father and I do not get along with him. I would like to know how a biological father’s parental rights are terminated upon adoption?

My husband and I live in California. We adopted a child 15 years ago from an agency. When he turned eighteen years, we informed him that he was adopted. Ever since then he wants to know more about his real parents and his origins. Is it possible to get such information?