Jamie Bazemore, Adoption Facilitator, Participates on Panel at the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Building Understanding and Coalitions Conference
Stephenson & Fleming, LLP was represented at the North Carolina Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Building Understanding and Coalitions conference in Raleigh, North Carolina on September 27, 2019. Both Deana Fleming, JD and Jamie Bazemore, Adoption...
Legal Name Changes for Adults and Children
In North Carolina, there is a statutory process for legally changing an individual’s name. While similar in process, there are different requirements for name changes for adults and children. There are multiple personal reasons an individual would want to change their...
NC’s Unique Mechanisms for Supporting Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Caregivers
May is National Foster Care Month May is National Foster Care Month, a time to encourage families and children involved in the foster care system, recruit new foster parents, and support those foster, adoptive, and kinship parents already caring for children. Click...
Adult Adoption in North Carolina
Adoption of an Adult Many families assume that adoption is only for children. However, adult adoptions are an option that many families can and should consider when there is an informal parent/child relationship that has never been legally formalized. Adult adoptions...
What is an Independent Adoption?
Independent adoption is the adoption of a child placed directly for the purposes of adoption with the adoptive family by their parent or guardian. The adoptive parents are not relatives to the child as defined by NC law. An agency may be involved but does not have...Page 1 of 2