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Many placements with relatives are a result of the parents being unable to care for the child. There may have been neglect, even abuse of the child, and the situation may be very emotionally charged in the family. Grandparents may especially be torn between loyalty to their birth child and concern for their grandchild. Aunts and uncles are usually closer in age to the birth parent, but taking in a niece or nephew can change the dynamic in marriages and existing families. If the child is old enough to have a relationship with her birth parents, there may be issues of separation and abandonment. Prospective kinship parents should consider family counseling sessions before committing to an adoption. If the child came to your family via a court case, discuss kinship adoption with the child's social worker. Make sure you understand the state's role in the adoption. A kinship adoption is different than other types because it requires people that you know personally, the natural parents, both consent, die, or be declared unfit. There may be competing interests between maternal and paternal grandparents and other factions of the family. The state child welfare agency is almost always involved. There are several options for placing the child and you should speak with an attorney or social worker to do what is best for the child and your family. Custody and legal placement. To keep the child out of the foster care system, the court will look to blood relatives first. If you are fit and have the resources to care for the child, the state will often take legal custody of the child and place her in your home. You handle all the day-to-day activities of a parent under the supervision of the court. This is always a temporary situation, usually lasting less than a year. Guardianship. This can be a good option for kinship placements. The court issues an order that gives you legal custody of the child and all legal rights to act as her parent. The difference between a guardianship and an adoption is that the rights of the birth parents are not severed. However, if the birth parents want to be involved in the child's life, they must go to court. In a guardianship, you may be eligible to receive child support payments from the birth parents. Adoption completely severs of the birth parents' legal rights to the child. As the kinship adopter, you become the child's parent in all facets of the law. You have the same rights and responsibilities of any other parent. Generally, under the law, blood relatives have a special status in court cases involving the care and placement of minor children. These cases include when the child is in the custody of the state, when the child survives both of her parents and there is no guardianship in place, or in an adoption proceedings. Federal law requires agencies to make reasonable efforts to keep siblings together in one home, offering services as needed to make the placement work. If there is a case involving a child who is your blood relative and you can show you have a relationship with the child, you can ask the court for "interested party" status. This means you have a right to receive documents and reports as well as notice of court hearings. Ten states have laws requiring agencies to give preference to blood relatives when evaluating adoption placements. In most states, if the parent purposely sent the child to live with relatives and consents to the adoption, the laws are set up to streamline the procedure. Typically, if the child has been living with the relative for some time, the home study will be cursory or waived all together. Even though protecting your grandchild or niece may be the most important thing in your mind and heart, you also have to cope with the financial realities of raising a child. Most states offer some sort of assistance for adoptive parents. If the child has special needs, most states will offer support, access to services, and in some cases, financial stipends. As the adoptive parent, you will also be eligible to add the child to your employer health insurance or apply for insurance through the state. A kinship adoption is often the most complicated of all adoption proceedings. In a stranger adoption, the parents' rights have been severed and custody transferred to the state before you are even considered. In a stepchild adoption, one of the birth parents is actively involved. However, in a kinship adoption, the issues with the birth parents may be unresolved, there may be resentment in the family, the state child welfare agency may have a custody interest, and the child may be ambivalent about being adopted. As a result, it is not recommended that you attempt to do a kinship adoption on your own as a pro se party. If you have the financial resources, you can retain a family law attorney to act on your behalf. Write a letter to the court hearing the child welfare case and ask if you qualify for court-appointed counsel. Speak with your local Legal Aid office. There is a Legal Aid office for every county in the United States and, if you meet their income guidelines, you may qualify for representation. Contact the local bar association. Most bar associations have attorneys who are willing to assist with this type of case for a reduced fee or pro bono.

summary: Consider the effect on your family. Evaluate your options and make sure an adoption is right for your family. Know your rights in court cases. Research benefits and adoption assistance. Confer with a family law attorney.

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Go to https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php in your web browser and click the Download link below your computer's operating system, then install Handbrake by doing the following: Windows - Double-click the Handbrake setup file, then follow the on-screen installation instructions. Mac - Double-click the Handbrake DMG file, verify the download if necessary, drag the Handbrake icon onto the Applications folder shortcut, and follow any on-screen instructions. Its app icon resembles a pineapple next to a drink. The Handbrake window will open. It's in the upper-left corner of the Handbrake window. If this is your first time opening Handbrake, you may not need to click Open Source in order for the sources window to open. It's the folder-shaped icon in the Sources window. Go to the location of the video that you want to compress, click the video, and click Open. This will open the video in Handbrake. On the far-right side of the Handbrake window, click one of the quality and framerate presets (e.g., Very Fast 720p30) that matches your video. Make sure that you select a preset that falls at or below your video's current quality. For example, if your video's current quality is 1080p, you'd click a 1080p option or lower; if the video is 720p, you'd click a 720p option or lower. The Fast and Very Fast options are best for compression. Replace the file name in the middle of the Handbrake page with a new file name (e.g., [video name] compressed). You can also select a new save location by clicking Browse, selecting a folder, entering a new file name if necessary, and clicking Save. This box is in the middle of the Handbrake page. Doing so ensures that the video will be compressed using web standards. It's near the bottom of the Handbrake window. You should see the following settings below the Video tab; if the settings do not match, you can change them by clicking a setting's value and then selecting the correct option in the drop-down menu: Video Codec - This should be "H.264 (x264)". Framerate (FPS) - This should be "30". Peak Framerate or Peak - This box should be checked. Encoder Level or Level - This should be "4.0". It's a green "Play" button at the top of the Handbrake window. Your video will begin compressing. On a Mac, you'll click Start here instead. This can take a long time, especially if your video is over 200 megabytes in size. Once your video finishes compressing, you'll be able to play it from its save location.
summary: Download and install Handbrake. Open Handbrake. Click Open Source. Click File. Select a video. Select a quality preset. Enter a file name. Check the "Web Optimized" box. Click the Video tab. Make sure that the settings here are correct. Click Start Encoding. Wait for your video to finish compressing.