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In Washington DC, stepparent adoptions are filed in Superior Court under District of Columbia Code Title 16, Chapter 3. Washington DC has 1 district, and our document package is customized specifically for your distric's requirements and forms. Each distric may have slightly different procedures or supplemental forms, and we know exactly what each one requires because we've helped families file in every distric in Washington DC.
Stepparent adoption in Washington DC at a glance
- Court
- Superior Court
- Residency before filing
- No minimum period
- Typical timeline
- 3-6 months
- Child must consent at age
- 14
- Home study
- Usually waived for stepparents
- Washington DC families we've helped
- 71
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