Adoption is the legal process of transferring the biological parents’ rights to a child to non-biological parents.
Children are adopted by stepparents, relatives, foster parents, or unrelated parties. This process typically contains two stages: Termination of Parental Rights and the formal adoption.
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Whether you are taking steps to formally establish your business or you are attempting to resolve a dispute with an employee, it is important that you have a full understanding of how your actions will impact your company from a legal standpoint.
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Family Law includes areas of divorce and children. Divorces can be handled by agreement or contested requiring litigation. Family law matters with children involve paternity, legal decision-making authority (aka Custody), parenting time, and child support.
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Adoptions come in all shapes and sizes. No matter if this is private, agency, stepparent, second parent (LGBTQ+), Department of Child Safety (State), kinship, foster parent or foster care, Interstate Compact on the Placement of Child (ICPC), international or domestic, surrogacy-based, or open or closed adoption – our office handles them similarly.
