Many adoption professionals avoid discussing abortion and expressing an opinion about Roe v. Wade because limiting or banning abortion seems self-serving in that it would obviously make more babies available for adoption. In this Blog, we at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) will not advocate that the United States Supreme Court […]
Last evening my wife and I, Steve Kirsh, went to see Sting live at the Palladium in Carmel, Indiana. The warm-up singer looked vaguely familiar, but we could not place him. Like many concert warm-up acts, he performed adequately – not great. To say that Sting outshined the warm-up act would be like comparing a […]
We understand that the idea of talking to an attorney can be intimidating, especially if they are perceived as mean, aggressive, and argumentative. The good news is that the adoption attorneys at Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), are nothing like that. They and their full-time, professional, caring staff are kind and understanding, and […]
We, at Loving Adoptions by Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) recently received a message through www.LovingAdoptions.com, in which a pregnant woman asked us that question. We responded: “Thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately, we are probably not your best adoption. We do not do temporary adoptions. However, we do open adoptions in which […]
We, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) cannot speak for adoption agencies, but we, at Kirsh & Kirsh, would NEVER pressure, or try to make, a birth mother feel bad about her decision to parent her child. We understand that she has the ABSOLUTE right to parent her child. Likewise, we […]
Why it’s important: Failing to use adoption sensitive language in a group setting can often lead to people with certain life stories feeling less than or excluded. Adoption is not an overly common experience, but it happens regularly enough that, when addressing a group of 40 or more, statistically speaking you likely have at least […]
The answer varies by state and depends on whether you and the father of the baby are married or have been married to each other in roughly the year preceding the birth of the baby. Because we, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), have our main office in Indiana, we can […]
If you work with us at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) and either you or the prospective adoptive parents live in Indiana, the adoption will take place under Indiana adoption laws, which are so good that many states have copied many of the provisions of Indiana law. If you or the […]
Most local adoption agencies and national adoption agencies give expectant mothers and birth mothers profiles of families from which they can choose. We, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) have always given birth mothers and birth parents control over selecting adoptive parents among our carefully screened and fully investigated pool of […]
Many birth parents think of giving prospective adoptive parents the gift of a child as the meaning of the “Gift of Adoption.” Yes, of course, enabling a family to realize their dream of parenthood is unquestionably an AMAZING gift, as close to GOD-LIKE as any gift imaginable. In fact, it is hard to think of […]
