RACINE -- The Long family recently went through a stepparent adoption. Christine's husband, Mark, adopted her four-year old daughter. Originally from Ohio, the Longs have been married a little over a ...

Where a mother challenged the adoption of her child by his stepmother, her challenge failed, because the the circuit court considered the child’s best interests, including that the mother had no ...

I’ve been raising my stepdaughter for years. Her mom occasionally comes around but is not very involved in her life. Her dad and I have been the two that have raised her. I’d like to legally adopt her ...