Finding Strength When Your Family Doesn't Support Your Adoption Plan

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.

The Kansas Adoption and Relinquishment Act does not allow for post-adoption contact agreements (PACA) between adoptive parents and biological parents or even between siblings that are being adopted. The reasoning behind this is that it gives the appearance that the consent signed by the expectant mother or birth mother was not done as her free and voluntary act. In other words, the signed consent was accomplished by a future promise of contact with the child.

Kansas adoption statutes do not have an age restriction. The law states, § 59-2113, "Any adult, or married adult couple jointly, may adopt any minor or adult as their child… except that one spouse cannot do so without the consent of the other." However, women thinking about giving their babies up for adoption or making an adoption plan for their baby will not select an individual or couple to adopt if the birth mother or expectant mother is not confident in the individual's or couple's ability to provide their babies with a stable, loving home, and bright future.