Dick, I am afraid you are misinformed. In 1968 I was required by the state of Virginia to adopt my own biological child when my husband adopted her as a stepdaughter. It was explained to me that this was a "mere legal formality to make both of us parties to the adoption", and we were required to have home visits by a social worker to insure the home was a proper home for her. Charlotte > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [PAF-5] Re: Biological/Adopted > From: > "Dick Cazier" <dcazier@comcast.net> > Date: > Sun, 5 Jun 2005 12:41:02 -0600 > To: > PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > > > Stewart, > I hate to disagree with you, but a natural parent cannot also be an > adoptive parent of their natural child. Under no adoption law that > I'm aware of, is there a requirement to, or provision for, the natural > parent to go through the adoption process required for a second spouse > to adopt the child of his spouse and another natural parent. > > The natural parent's name may appear in the adoption records and it > may require that parent's consent to the adoption, but the natural > parent is not an adopter. > Dick Cazier > Lakewood, Colorado > USA >