yaduhyaduh
Junior Member
texas adoption of a foreign child
I curently live in oklahoma. I was born in Mexico and I was adopted at 2 years old (I am 27 now). I was a ward of the state at 14 and have had no contact with my adoptive parents. The recent death of my adoptive father has brought some scary details to light. 1)My father may not have gone through all the legal chanels during my adoption and 2.My aunt thinks that my adoptive parents never established my citizenship . I have recently found out that my birth certificate was altered, and that I may actually be an illegal alien! My mother sent me a my adoption papers a long time ago and I always assumed that I was a citizen because my parents both were. I have never known anything other than this. Any insight?
Are there any steps that the adoptive parents must take to ensure citizenship status of the foreign born children they adopt? How would I go about sorting through this type of legal information without jeopardizing myself. I have no support system in my country of birth and have never lived there. I have a four year-old and I have never ever thought this could ever be an issue. I currently have no contact with my adoptive family except for an aunt that felt obligated to disclose this information to me. Do I need to contact a lawyer? Are there any resources available so that I can do some of the legwork of finding out if I have issues to take care of? I went to the Dallas county.org website to see if I could print my original adoption decree and it said "this record is closed, public access to this file is denied."
I curently live in oklahoma. I was born in Mexico and I was adopted at 2 years old (I am 27 now). I was a ward of the state at 14 and have had no contact with my adoptive parents. The recent death of my adoptive father has brought some scary details to light. 1)My father may not have gone through all the legal chanels during my adoption and 2.My aunt thinks that my adoptive parents never established my citizenship . I have recently found out that my birth certificate was altered, and that I may actually be an illegal alien! My mother sent me a my adoption papers a long time ago and I always assumed that I was a citizen because my parents both were. I have never known anything other than this. Any insight?
Are there any steps that the adoptive parents must take to ensure citizenship status of the foreign born children they adopt? How would I go about sorting through this type of legal information without jeopardizing myself. I have no support system in my country of birth and have never lived there. I have a four year-old and I have never ever thought this could ever be an issue. I currently have no contact with my adoptive family except for an aunt that felt obligated to disclose this information to me. Do I need to contact a lawyer? Are there any resources available so that I can do some of the legwork of finding out if I have issues to take care of? I went to the Dallas county.org website to see if I could print my original adoption decree and it said "this record is closed, public access to this file is denied."
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