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My experience
with this (we are in Ohio) is that the bio parents made me legal guardian until the child is 18 in court. The magistrate made it VERY clear to them that once they made me legal guardian they couldn't come back & "get her" on a whim. She was mine until she turned 18 & the only way they could get her back would be to prove me an unfit mother. There is no cost to you to do that however you would not get any subsidy or medical insurance or anything like that. Then if you wanted to you could go thru the court system & legally change the child's name for a LOT less cost than adoption. My biggest fear (and caseworkers have agreed with me) is that if the parents "returned the child to the system" something "odd" could happen & the child wouldn't come back to you & there would be nothing you could do. good luck & if you want to PM me I'll be glad to answer any questions if I can.
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Denise
Birth mom to Melissa(27), Jessica(24) & Allison(19)
Legal Guardian to Harley(9)
Adoptive Mom to Shawn (9), Shilo (6), and Zackery (6)
Grandma to Frankie (4)
Grandma to Jaelyn Rae (2)
Grandma to Bailey Mae (2)
Grandma to Ayla Delanie (just born 1/12/09!)
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