The answer will surprise most people. Both the birth mother AND adoptive parents name the baby, but not necessarily the same name. Sound confusing? It is not. After the baby is born, the person at the hospital in charge of birth records, usually the hospital registrar or birth certificate clerk, will ask the birth mother […]
It depends on the state in which the adoption agency or adoption attorney files the adoption and what the birth mother signed allowing the child to be placed for adoption. If the birth mother signed a consent to adoption in Indiana, Indiana law does not allow a birth parent the right to change the right […]
We, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) get this question a lot when we meet with expectant mothers considering giving their babies up for adoption, or, more correctly, making an adoption plan for their babies. Some women want to sign a consent to adoption before they give birth to prevent themselves […]
Leaving a hospital against medical advice (AMA) puts you at risk for medical complications, which could threaten your future well-being and even your life. Additionally, abandoning the baby at the hospital, before signing a consent to adoption, will cause the hospital to contact Child Protective Services (CPS) – Department of Children Services (DCS). Once DCS […]
We, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), cannot speak for local adoption agencies or national adoption agencies, but over the 35+ years and numerous successful adoptions we have arranged, we have NEVER walked away from a sick baby. We have had babies with Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, hemophilia, and even one […]
You can contact a national adoption agency, a local adoption agency, or an adoption law firm, like Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”). We, at Kirsh & Kirsh, have helped numerous expectant mothers and birth mothers find loving, secure, happy homes for their precious, newborn babies for 35+ years, throughout Indiana and […]
We, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), can help you with putting the baby up for adoption, or more correctly, making an adoption plan for your baby, whether you are early in your pregnancy, about to deliver, or have already delivered a baby. We have over 35+ years of experience arranging […]
In our 35+ years of experience, having worked with numerous expectant mothers with adoption throughout Indiana, we, at Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), believe all women thinking about placing their babies up for adoption, or more correctly, making adoption plans for their babies, share the same concern. However, many women, with untimely pregnancies […]
No. If you contact Kirsh & Kirsh about placing your baby up for adoption, or more correctly, making an adoption plan for your baby, you will not pay attorney fees. In the 35+ years and many successful, newborn adoptions Kirsh & Kirsh has arranged, Kirsh & Kirsh has NEVER charged birth parents or a birth […]
Indiana Code 31-19-16 allows for post adoption contact agreements (PACA) between adoptive parents and biological parents that are willing to sign a consent to the adoption. Indiana Code 31-19-16.5 allows for post adoption contact agreements between siblings that are being adopted. The former happens much more often than the latter. This is because siblings are […]
