Adopting My Foster Child.
Hiring a Kansas adoption attorney to handle your D.C.F. adoption is a significant step in the adoption process. You'll need to consult with an adoption attorney sooner rather than later. It is even more critical that you don't take the advice of your well-intentioned Family Case Manager, Family Support Worker, or CASA regarding when it is appropriate to speak to an adoption attorney. They tend not to give sound legal advice on this topic.
Many factors go into when to hire a Kansas adoption attorney. For example, is there an unknown father? Is there someone else that might petition to adopt the same child(ren)? Is your adoption going to become contested? All these things play into when it is appropriate to start the adoption process.
There have been situations where people have hired inexperienced attorneys who claim to handle adoptions but need help understanding the adoption laws in Kansas. Unfortunately, I have seen this result in children being removed from the only home and family they have ever known. In these situations, it could all have been prevented if the adoption attorney had filed a petition for adoption sooner. For this reason, it is essential to consult with an adoption attorney sooner rather than later and make sure the adoption attorney you are consulting with has the knowledge and experience to help you through the adoption process appropriately.
You can call, text, or email me anytime -call or text: 785-217-4603, email: lisa@theadoptiongroup.com, or Facebook message: https://www.facebook.com/theadoptionlawgroup/. The office phone is answered 24 hours a day, every single day. I make every effort to respond to emails and text messages within a few minutes of receipt.
POSITIVE ADOPTION LANGUAGE DISCLAIMER: These blog posts are written using language people use when searching for help with their adoption plans. Unfortunately, while many of us understand what positive adoption language means, most expectant moms that come to me at first do not. Like it or not, the search term, "how do I give up my baby for adoption," is the most common. If I do not include those words in the blog posts and instead write "how do I create an adoption plan for my baby," my website will not show up in most expectant moms' search results in Google.
