Legal Question in Family Law in California

Slightly Under-the-Table Adoption

A minor friend of mine is living with an abusive mother. Her mother is also going through hard financial times. She is permanently disabled and has no medical insurance. It has been made clear to me that she can either get social security, which would be five hundred dollars a month, or keep her child support, which is five hundred and twenty-seven dollars a month. The rent for their mobile home is five hundred dollars a month. What my family is thinking of doing is ''adopting her.'' What I wish to know is: is there anyway that we can take her into our home without risk of her mother calling the police on us one day. Is there some sort of document that we can get her mother to sign, stating that we are allowed to drive her daughter places, take her to the doctor, sign medical forms for her, etc, while still allowing her mother to receive child-support payments, and to keep her mother from deciding one day that we have kidnapped her daughter?


Asked on 10/25/05, 10:10 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Lyle Johnson Bedi and Johnson Attorneys at Law

Re: Slightly Under-the-Table Adoption

Adopting the girl would make the mother ineligible to receive the social security. If you help keep this a secret to allow mother you would be conspiring with mom to cheat on her social security.

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Answered on 11/01/05, 1:50 am


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