Adoption offers an incredible way to start or grow a family. This process is undoubtedly rewarding, but it can also be complex and protracted, especially for first-time adoptive parents.
In this arduous journey, you will need the assistance of an experienced and compassionate Auburn, AL adoption attorney. The dedicated lawyers at Alsobrook Law Group have decades of experience guiding clients through the legal technicalities and the roller coaster of emotions that are a part of any adoption. Our attorneys will:
In Alabama, there are various ways of becoming an adoptive parent. Our skilled adoption attorneys can help you adopt a child into your family through:
Every possible measure is taken to ensure that children are adopted into loving, stable families. Before being considered as adoptive parents, people who are interested must meet various requirements.
We will guide you every step of the way and work hard to make the strongest case possible to support you in your bid to become an adoptive parent. We understand how these cases are assessed in the judicial system, and we will work hard to pursue every avenue available to ensure that your adoption is successful.
There may be serious legal matters to consider when seeking to adopt a child from a private individual or adoption agency. These issues may or may not be fully dealt with or explained to you, depending on the competence and sophistication of the individual or agency.
Adoptive parents in Auburn, AL, may find it crushing to invest significant time, effort, and emotion and get very far down in the process only to have the adoption not go through. The skilled attorneys at the Alsobrook Law Group will assist you in the process right from the outset, reviewing the required steps, negotiating vital legal matters, and preparing the necessary paperwork to ensure that your adoption is successful.
Often, a stepfather desires to adopt the children of his wife from a previous marriage. A stepparent adoption can have various advantages for the children, including dependable financial support, access to medical insurance through the father’s employer, inheritance rights, and reinforcing the family bond, which is a byproduct of this legal, formal recognition and acceptance.
However, if the biological father of the child is still alive, a stepparent adoption can cause the termination of his parental rights, such visitation, and custody, as well as his obligation to pay child support.
In such cases, the natural father’s agreement to the adoption may be necessary, or you may have to go to court to show abandonment or some other reason appropriate to allow a non-consensual stepparent adoption. The experienced adoption attorneys at the Alsobrook Law Group can assess your circumstances and counsel you on the most effective strategy to secure a stepparent adoption.
Our legal team also helps grandparents adopt their grandchildren in circumstances where the biological parents may have passed away, become institutionalized, or are otherwise incapable of raising their kids.
Today, hundreds of kids are in the Alabama Department of Human Resources or foster care waiting to be adopted. Many of these kids are special needs children or those who have been placed with DHR because of neglect or abuse. However, the state still mandates you to go through various steps before an adoption can be completed.
Our legal team can help establish whether you are eligible to be an adoptive parent under Alabama law and help prepare and submit your documentation to the state. We can also guide you through the judicial process and represent you in Probate Court when your adoption is formalized.
After your application is approved and you are named a resource for a child, you will be able to review the information you have been provided on the background of the child you seek to adopt. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and raise any concerns you may have about the information you reviewed.
If you choose to proceed with the adoption, pre-placement visits are the next step. Ultimately, whether or not you move forward with the adoption will depend on these pre-placement visits. You can go ahead with the legal adoption process once the child is placed with you for at least three months.
The process of adoption is neither easy nor quick. However, it is an immensely rewarding endeavor that can be navigated successfully with the help of a seasoned attorney.
Zachary D. Alsobrook is a partner in the Opelika law firm of Alsobrook Law Group, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of criminal defense and DUI; divorce, child custody…
The Alsobrook Law Firm is located in Opelika, AL and serves clients in and around Opelika, Loachapoka, Auburn, Salem, Waverly, Cusseta, Smiths, Barbour County, Bullock County, Calhoun County, Chambers County, Clay County, Cleburne County, Coosa County, Dale County, Elmore County, Henry County, Lee County, Macon County, Montgomery County, Pike County, Randolph County, Russell County, Talladega County and Tallapoosa County.
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