Adoption & Foster Care

Adoption and foster care services give willing and able couples and individuals the opportunity to bring a child into their homes, while allowing birth mothers to provide their children with a healthy and stable home environment, either on a temporary or permanent basis.

Types of Adoption

  • open adoption: in which the natural parent(s) and adoptive parent(s) typically meet prior to the adoption and remain in communication as the child develops.
  • closed adoption: in which the natural parent(s) and adoptive parent(s) do not meet, and the records of adoption are typically sealed. The adoptee may not know he or she was adopted.
  • relative adoption: placement of the child with a family member such as a sibling, cousin or parent.
  • private adoption: typically through a for-profit adoption placement agency.
  • international adoption: cross-border child adoption, often from third world countries or countries with poor human rights records.
  • foster adoption: through a non-profit agency or your state's social services or foster care agency, often transition from temporary to permanent care of the child.
  • Step-parent adoption: adoption of a child by a spouse of the child's natural parent, possible because the other biological parent does not or cannot object.

Whether you are looking to add an adoptive child to your family or hoping to find a loving and capable home for your child, you can learn your parental rights by working with a local family lawyer familiar with your state's laws.

Foster Care Needs

The modern child welfare system is designed to take children out of unfit households and place them in more appropriate homes.

Whether you are looking to care for a child in foster care or have a natural child in the foster care program and are looking to regain permanent custody, it is important to know your legal rights.

By working with a local family attorney, you can get the answers to the most important questions on your mind while working for the best legal outcome for you and your family.

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