Client Intake Form — Frugal Legal Services

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Your Order ▼

Enter the order number from your purchase receipt and the email address you used at checkout. This lets us match your answers to your order.

Order Number (from your receipt)

Email Address Used at Checkout

Your Contact Information (Petitioner) ▼

You are Petitioner 1 in this adoption. Your full legal name is collected in the Petitioner 1 questions below; please confirm the best contact details for you here.

Phone

Street Address

City

State

ZIP

Second Parent Adoption ▼

This second-parent adoption questionnaire collects only the information needed for your petition under Va. Code Ann. § 63.2-1241 and the VS-21 Report of Adoption.

Petitioner 1 (You / The Second Parent)

Current Legal Name

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Suffix

Please check if Petitioner 1's name has been previously changed:

What is your relationship to the adoptee?

How long have you had a relationship with the adoptee?

Date Petitioner 1 Started Living in the Same Household as the Adoptee

Date Petitioner 1 First Came to Know the Adoptee

Vital Records Information

Date of Birth

State of Birth

Or Country (if born outside the US)

Race / Ethnicity (VS-21)

Sex (M/F VS-21)

Pronouns

If you select "Other", fill in the five fields below.

Subject

Object

Possessive

Independent Possessive

Reflexive

Current Residential Address

Street

City

State

Zip

Residential Address at the Adoptee's Birth

Required by Vital Records to be reported on the VS-21.

Street

City

State

Zip

Petitioner 2 (Co-Petitioner Joining the Petition)

Petitioner 2 is the existing legal parent of the adoptee and joins in the petition for adoption.

Current Legal Name

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Suffix

Please check if Petitioner 2's name has been previously changed:

Relationship to Adoptee

Vital Records Information

Date of Birth

State of Birth

Or Country (if born outside the US)

Race / Ethnicity (VS-21)

Sex (M/F VS-21)

Pronouns

If you select "Other", fill in the five fields below.

Subject

Object

Possessive

Independent Possessive

Reflexive

Same as Petitioner 1's current address

Petitioner 1 and Petitioner 2 usually share an address in a second-parent adoption. Uncheck only if Petitioner 2 lives somewhere else.

Adoptee (Child)

This section is for the child being adopted. If the adoptee is over 14 years old, they must consent to the adoption.

Current Legal Name

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Suffix

Please check if the adoptee's name has been previously changed:

Will the adoptee be changing their name as a result of this adoption?

Additional information needed for the adoptee

Date of Birth

State of Birth

Or Country (if born outside the US)

Birth Certificate Number

Race / Ethnicity (VS-21)

Sex (M/F VS-21)

Pronouns

If you select "Other", fill in the five fields below.

Subject

Object

Possessive

Independent Possessive

Reflexive

Donor Information

Donor may be known or anonymous. Donor will be terminated from the birth certificate, if listed.

Donor Type

Additional Parties ▼

Add anyone else connected to this adoption — a birth mother, birth father, adoptive mother or father, a birth parent or adoptive parent (any gender), a known donor, an anonymous donor (by donor number), or the cryobank. Add a party even if you only know part of their information.

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Current Legal Name

How long have you had a relationship with the adoptee?

Vital Records Information

Current Residential Address

Residential Address at the Adoptee's Birth

Current Legal Name

Vital Records Information

Petitioner 2 Current Residential Address

Current Legal Name

Child's New Name

Additional information needed for the adoptee

Current Legal Name