Can a 17 year old leave hisher home living with a biological parent and an adoptive parent and go live with hisher other biological parent?

The difference between a biological parent and an adoptive parent is that the biological parent is the one who is related to the child by blood and the adoptive parent is the one that raised the child. ...

can an adoptive parent give up custody of their child back to the biological parent ...

No, step parents are parents who live with the other parent, married or not, and who is not your biological parent or foster parent. An adoptive parent is your full parent, just like a biological one. You will inherit them and carry their name. ...

I would think so if they wished.

Everyone who is not the biological parent or adoptive parent.

Adoptive parent. Once a child has been adopted, his adoptive parents are his parents, period. It is as though he had been born to them. He no longer has ANY legal relationship to his birth parents; he has no claim on them nor they on him. ...

Your adoptive father is your legal father. He should sign the certificate as your parent. Your biological father has no parental rights. ...

Yes. A biological or adoptive father is both a relative and a parent.

The issues a single adoptive parent may run into is financial and child care problems. There is also the issue of not being available all the time. These issues apply to biological and adoptive parents. ...

Whether the biological parent are allowed to see their child or not is entirely up to the parents and with that I mean the adoptive parents who now are the guardians of the child. ...

No, any contact between the child and anyone else is entirely up to the adoptive parents even if it is the biological parent. ...

Yes. And, in some states the child can inherit from both the biological parent and the adoptive parent. See the article at the related link. for more information ...

It could be if they didn't have permission from the adoptive parent.

Apparently, from what I have investigated, it appears to be adoptive parent, regardless if there has been any formal paperwork filled out. ...

No. Miss America contestants have to swear that they're unmarried, not pregnant, and not the adoptive or biological parent of a child. ...

No. Miss America contestants have to swear that they're unmarried, not pregnant, and not the adoptive or biological parent of a child. ...

With a written agreement yes. However, that adoptive parent could actually lose any chance at custody to the child at a later point because they may be deemed unable to take care of the child (for relinquishing custody). It varies situation to situation. ...

Yes, if it is determined that you are being abused or neglected you can be taken away from an adoptive parent. ...

Adoptive or adopted. A child is adopted, a parent is adoptive.

Once a person is adopted, all legal rights between the biological parents and their child are severed. An adopted child has no legal right to choose to live with their biological parents. The adoptive parents could informally agree to allow the biological parents to have custody of the child but there can be all kinds of legal ramifications that flow from that, especially if the biological parents do not want to give the child back and the adoptive parents want physical custody...

A pregnant minor or one who is already a parent is not emancipated apart from regarding their health or the child. And adopted children are legally like the biological ones to the adoptive parent. This means you are not emancipated until you are 18 and can only then decide where to go or move. ...

It means that you are the biological parent. It means that you are the biological parent. It means that you are the biological parent. It means that you are the biological parent. ...

An adoptive father is your legal guardian and is your father. A step father is a man who marries your mother. He does not have to adopt you and cannot unless your biological father agrees to give up his rights as a parent. ...

The laws in all US states mandate financial support of minor children by their biological or adoptive parent(s). ...

The adoptive parents must voluntarily relinquish their parental rights and you must seek to have your legal custody restored through the court at the same time. ...