Why should non-biological or non-adoptive parents in a same-sex couple formally adopt their partners biological or adoptive children?
Adoption creates a legal parent-child relationship, bringing with it hundreds of rights and benefits. These include: – inheritance rights, – custody rights, – child support obligations, and – medical decision-making rights for the child. Under the law, there is no difference between an adoptive parent and a biological parent. Without an adoption, a family could be at risk legally and financially in the event of a break-up of the parents or the death or disability of one of the partners. Second-parent adoption will also give you the peace of mind that you have protected your family. One of the most important financial benefits of completing a second-parent adoption is ensuring that your child is able to receive Social Security survivor benefits in the event of a death of either parent. Without a second-parent adoption, the child is only eligible for these benefits from the natural parent (birth parent or adoptive parent). These benefits could be thousands of dollars per month until the
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