Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

Adoption law is so complex that less than 5% of lawyers know how to handle one, so it is almost 100% certain that you will fail or experience long-term frustration with a pro se case (especially if you don't know how to do the single simplest step in the case - the rule nisi setting a court date). You will hit many more problems, as adoption is FAR more than forms. And some of the forms you HAVE to have CANNOT be obtained by a non-lawyer (for instance, the putative father registry check has to be done by a lawyer as the state will not respond to one from a non-lawyer). Note that a single missed word can derail a case. Even experienced adoption attorneys tend to have some back and forth with the judge's law clerks to tweak paperwork. Please do NOT file a case without a lawyer. Stop and go see a lawyer. This matters way too much to not do this. If the child were sick, would you do the child's surgery and avoid doctors? So why would you expect to successfully handle a specialized field of law so difficult that when non-adoption attorneys adopt, they hire adoption lawyers? Please take this advice. It would be so tragic to get midway in what should be a joyous case and find that your missteps had sabotaged it. Good luck!

I concur with Mr. Ashman. You need to get an attorney.