What Do Adoption Attorneys Do?
Adoption law falls under Family Law and is mainly governed by the states in which the parent and child live. Adoption law requires adoption attorneys to establish a process by which a legal parent-child relationship is created between individuals not biologically parent and child (adoption process). The biological parent gives up all parental rights and obligations, and these rights and obligations are assumed by the adoptive parents. These days, there are a lot more options available to adoption attorneys for the adoption process. Adoptive families can adopt a child much easier than ever before. For example, as an adoptive parent, you can choose a closed adoption where the parents remain anonymous, or opt for the increasingly common open adoption where you actually meet and can maintain contact with the birth parents. Your adoption attorney can help you adopt a child from another country (international adoption) or one of a different race or ethnic background. You can even adopt a “sp
