This friend has been an honorary brother for 30 years, and we would just like to show our continued respect for him by adopting him into the family. This would be for our own family's use, not a legal document.
2006-06-06 05:13:40 · 2 answers · asked by A C 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
An adoption as such, is a matter requiring the intervention of a court, and there is a prescribed procedure (and costs and legal fees) Several questions should be asked is this person to have the same rights (inheritance, etc.) as the other siblings? A true adoption will give him a claim to this. If not, why don't you design and frame an impressive looking certificate acknowledging him as official honorary brother.
2006-06-06 05:20:46 · answer #1 · answered by aboukir200 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adoption is a legal process. The only "form" you can find will be a petition or application for adoption and a form order for the judge to sign, if there is a form for your state's courts. Since you don't say what state you're in, and you really don't want a legal adoption, I'm not sure there is any more I do to help you.
Anyone can draw up a "Certificate of Adoption" with flowery language making him an honorary family member. Most word processing programs come with certificate templates, or they come with ink cartridges or printers. You can find them online as well.
2006-06-06 05:22:30 · answer #2 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋