{"id":809,"date":"2023-01-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.shawsanders.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:53:00","slug":"stepparent-adoptions-are-more-common-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shawsanders.com\/wordpress\/stepparent-adoptions-are-more-common-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepparent Adoptions are more common than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adoption, Stepparent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Years ago, the nuclear family typically consisted of a mother, a father, and their biological children. Today\u2019s nuclear families come in all different \u201cshapes and sizes,\u201d including single-parent, blended, same-sex, and extended families. Given the high rate of divorce and remarriage in the United States, it should come as no surprise that stepfamilies have become common, with one or both spouses bringing children from a prior relationship into the marriage. Unfortunately, in many of these cases, the biological parent of the children has either passed away or is not an active part of the children\u2019s lives, and the stepparent essentially steps into that absent parent\u2019s role. Many families decide to take steps to make that role a legal one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stepparent Adoption<\/h2>\n\n\n\n