It is difficult to adopt from Kazakhstan if one is from the United States. However, if one can prove themselves capable of caring for a child and find a good child adoption lawyer, it is possible.
You would need to process a second parent adoption. Some states allow them and others do not, but if you are granted the adoption all other states must legally recognize your parental rights.
Gay adoption is legal in all 50 states, but laws vary greatly regarding joint adoption and step-parent adoption.
Gay adoption is normal adoption. It's just as normal as any other kind of adoption. Also, in the United States, we don't have different rights for gay people adopting vs straight people adopting.
International Adoption does typically cost more. An international adoption can cost up to twenty thousand dollars. Costs depend on the adoption agency and the country of adoption.
An adoption lawyer can make sure that domestic adoptions are conducted within the boundaries of the law and that the filings are handled properly. An attorney in the U.S. has no control over how other countries choose to manage their respective adoption processes. An attorney licensed in one or more states of the United States has no authority outside the state in which he is licensed to practice.
See link provided below for a listing of state-by-state adult adoption laws.
From my experience this can not happen. If it was a closed adoption in some states you can not be in contact til the child is 21. In most states it is 18. I know this because I am currently searching for my daughter and it was a closed adoption without my permission.
If by adoptive family you are referring to her legal parents, yes. This would be a private adoption. You should contact an attorney in your area that specializes in adoption to inquire about the process.
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No, in 1996 the Removal of Barriers to Interethnic Adoption Provisions amended the Multiethnic Adoption Act of 1994 (MEPA), making this kind of discrimination illegal.
You can't adopt an older sibling. You could sponsor them. Adoption is for minor children to be cared for by an adult.