Adoption Law

At Fox Family Formation, we have significant experience assisting our clients with navigating the adoption process. Adoptions often require a multi-step legal process which can feel daunting and overwhelming to adoptive parents. And while every adoption is different, we know that no matter what type of adoption you are pursuing, you need a practitioner with legal expertise who is attentive and sensitive to your needs as you navigate the legal process. We pride ourselves on providing the highest level of care to all of our clients.

We can help you navigate termination proceedings for birth parents as well as finalization proceedings to legally secure the adoptive parents’ parental rights. And if your adoption is across state lines, we are here to help you navigate the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, so you can come home with your child.

If you are a birth parent, we will assist you in achieving the adoption plan you have chosen for your child, explaining the legal process every step of the way and ensuring that you feel confident in your plan.

We represent adoptive parents, agencies and birth parents in the following types of adoptions:

• Parental placement adoptions (also known as private adoption) which involve a birth parent choosing the adoptive parent or parents directly
• Agency adoptions, which may be “open” or “closed” where the birth parent enters into an agreement with an adoption agency or Department of Social Services and the agency or Department places the child with adoptive parents
• Confirmatory or Second Parent Adoptions for same-sex parents to ensure that the parental rights of both parents have been legally secured
• Stepparent adoptions occurring when a parent desires for his or her child to be adopted by his or her spouse
• Close-relative adoptions involving adoption by a child’s grandparents, great-grandparents, adult aunts or uncles, adult great-aunts or great-uncles or adult nieces, nephews, or siblings of the adoptee
• Adult adoptions which create a familial bond between adults with a prior relationship