Families grow in many ways, including adoption. Whatever your reasons for adopting, or the path you took on the decision to adopt, you need to make sure every detail of your adoption is properly addressed. In order to make sure your family ties are legally binding, you need to work with an attorney who is experienced with adoption laws and process in North Carolina. At Raven M. Barron, PLLC, adoption cases make up a significant portion of our practice. Attorney Raven Barron has helped numerous families to successfully complete their adoptions, including over one hundred adoptions in the last two years alone.
Why adopt? Aside from the joy of adding a new member to your family, adoption creates a legal status. Legally speaking, there is no difference between a biological child and an adoptive one. Any rights or responsibilities that a parent would have with respect to their child also exist for adoptive parents and children. There are different types of adoption, and the process for each varies. Raven M.
Barron, PLLC assists families with many adoption processes, including:. The type of adoption with which most people are familiar is adoption of an infant being surrendered by a birth mother. With directed relinquishment, a birth mother can select the adoptive parents of the child to whom she gives birth.
This process must be handled carefully in order to preserve the legal rights of the birth parents, adoptive parents, and the child. Barron, PLLC is experienced in directed relinquishment adoption practice and in other independent or private adoptions.
As blended families continue to increase in number, more and more stepparents and stepchildren are choosing to make their legal status reflect the bond between them.
