- Divorce And Separation
- Custody
- Support
- Property Division
- Paternity/Legitimation
- Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Collaborative Law
- Post Judgement Actions
- Prenuptial/Post Nuptial Agreements
- Growing Your Family: Adoptions/Alt. Reprod
- Adoptions
- Alternative Reproductive Legal Services
- Assisted Reproduction
- Donors And Surrogates
Adoptions
There are several ways that an independent adoption may progress. Adoptions can be in one of the following categories: Relative Adoptions (Step-Parent or Grandparent/Extended Family), Foster Family Adoptions, and Contested Adoptions. In all cases, the goal is the same: to add to a family through an adoption.
At HHCM our lawyers who handle adoptions and their staff bring years of experience handling the different types of adoptions. No two adoptions are the same; therefore, we approach adoption matters as unique to each family.
We handle the termination of the biological parents’ parental rights, if necessary; we draft the adoption petition; we represent the client at all adoption hearings; and we assist with obtaining birth certificates and Social Security cards and with finalizing the adoption so that the client has all of the rights and obligations of a natural parent.