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    Default Getting Consent To Adoption From Parent Incarcerated In Another State

    In Illinois the law requires the paternal parent to be in the presence of a judge to sign the termination of paternity consent. However that said person is in prision in Virginia. Most of what I have read states that an adoption by a stepparent is easier with consent. So is there a procedure or should I terminate the parental rights as the parent is unfit. And if so can this all be done at the adoption hearing?

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    What law or statute makes the parent's appearance mandatory? (I looked, I didn't see it, but I might have missed it.)

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    This is what I was told by a lawyer in my town. The consent must be signed in front of a judge.

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    Default Re: Getting Consent To Adoption From Parent Incarcerated In Another State

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    This is what I was told by a lawyer in my town. The consent must be signed in front of a judge.
    Ask the lawyer for a cite to a law that says that a consent must be signed in front of a judge when the party is in prison in another state.

    I'll be here waiting....

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    Okay, so how do I get consent then?

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    Default Re: Getting Consent To Adoption From Parent Incarcerated In Another State

    You ask the father to consent.

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    yeah, got that. Do I send the consent to the prision, who does he sign it in front of. Warden? Notary??

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    Has your lawyer now changed his mind?

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