How to Adopt Through a Private Attorney?

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Adopting a child can be a very personal heart-wrenching experience for a hopeful parent. Finding an adoption attorney who is compassionate to both the potential parents and birth mother and who offers ethical legal adoption is equally difficult. Follow the steps below to help you adopt a child through a private attorney.

▪ Step 1: Locate an attorney advertising adoption services. Many adoptions are completed entirely through agencies that include everything from home visits to financial distribution and attorney legalities. If you are choosing a private attorney, you will need to have a home study completed by an outside agency.

▪ Step 2: Become an informed adopting parent. Ask the adoption attorney worthwhile questions. You will want to find out how long the adoption attorney has been practicing law in general and more specifically how long in adoption law. Request the number of placements the attorney has worked with. Attorney fees and discounts or refunds in the vent of the adoption falling through, waiting time for placement and any other services offered or recommended by the attorney should be discussed and agreed upon prior to a commitment to working together.

▪ Step 3: Decide on the type of adoption you are willing to pursue. Research your options and requirements of both international and domestic adoptions. Decide what fees and stipulations you are willing to live with for the type of adoption you choose.

▪ Step 4: Find a match for adoption. Your adoption attorney will likely know of birth mothers wanting to place their children up for adoption. If you find a birth mother on your own through other measures, always complete the process through the adoption attorney.

▪ Step 5: Know the law. Some states have extended periods before the birth parents can sign surrender papers. Before the termination of parental rights, the birth mother can take the baby home, allow the baby to go with the adoptive parents, leave the baby in the hospital or allow the baby to be taken into foster care. Birth mothers can also reinstate their parental rights within a time frame allotted by the state the child is born. Investigate the adoption law and birth parent rights in the state the child will be born in prior to the birth. Your attorney should be aware of these laws.

Become an informed adoptive parent; meet with your attorney to ensure the lawyer demonstrates extensive knowledge of adoption law and offers policies and procedures you are satisfied with. Taking charge of the adoption process comforts adoptive parents knowing they have made an informed decision choosing their adoption attorney. [pic][pic][pic][pic][pic][pic][pic][pic]