Kelly Price and the Law Office of James J. Kenny are pleased to offer their services for Independent and Stepparent Adoptions. Adoption is the legal process of establishing a legal parent-child relationship when the adopting parent is not the child’s biological or birth parent. As your adoption Attorney, we will zealously advocate for your family throughout the initial Adoption Petition, the Termination of Parental Rights, and the final Adoption proceedings. Adoptions are among our most cherished cases. We offer Adoption Services in San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties.
Kelly Price and the Law Office of James J. Kenny are pleased to offer their services for Independent and Stepparent Adoptions. Adoption is the legal process of establishing a legal parent-child relationship when the adopting parent is not the child’s biological or birth parent. As your adoption Attorney, we will zealously advocate for your family throughout the initial Adoption Petition, the Termination of Parental Rights, and the final Adoption proceedings. Adoptions are among our most cherished cases. We offer Adoption Services in San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties.
Many clients often ask what our strategy is or what we have planned for a particular hearing or event in the case. Oftentimes, it is hard to predict an exact course of action or outcome because we are working with other individuals, such as judges, experts, attorneys, and litigants. A good strategy in our eyes is made of the following:
The first step in an Adoption process is the filing of the Adoption Petition. There are many forms and legal terms involved in this step and having the assurance of a knowledgeable Family Law Attorney filling these out with you is key to your success. One the Adoption Petition has been filed, the Department of Children and Family Services will conduct an investigation into the request. Once this is completed, a Petition for Freedom from Custody is filed in the event of a contested Adoption. The goal of this Petition is to terminate the biological parent’s parental rights. Once this is completed and the report is completed by the Department of Children and Family Services, an Adoption Hearing will be set. That is not the final step and you will need to subsequently submit paperwork to the Department of Social Services to issue a new birth certificate to finalize everything.
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