Probably, but not always. In most states, including Indiana, a husband and wife have the same parental rights to a child born during the marriage or within some time, usually a year of less, of a divorce. However, Indiana adoption statutes only require the consent to adoption of husband who is a biological parent of […]
Nationally fewer families express interest in adopting Black babies than White babies. However, we at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C., have lots of carefully screened, loving, prospective adoptive parents who cannot wait to welcome an African-American baby into their hearts and homes. While some local adoption agencies and national adoption agencies may have few […]
Coincidentally, this morning, we, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) received separate inquiries from our website, www.IndianaAdoption.com, from 18- and 19-year-olds, interested in adopting newborns and wanted to know if they were old enough to adopt. Indiana adoption statutes do not specify a minimum age to adopt. However, as adoption attorneys, […]
No. Every birth mother who places her baby up for adoption, or more correctly, makes an adoption plan for her baby, comes to peace with her decision in her own way. At Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C., we will honor whatever decision you make regarding seeing and/or caring for the baby in the hospital. […]
Yes. When an expectant mother or birth mother contacts us, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C., to help her find a loving, secure home for their unborn or recently born newborn, we do not involve any of the birth mother’s family or friends, unless she wants them involved. Having the support of family and […]
Assuming the father of the baby is not your husband and assuming he has not legally established paternity of the child, meaning through a court proceeding or paternity affidavit, if you live in Indiana or place your baby with an Indiana family, what the father of the baby believes does not matter. Of course, you […]
While Kirsh & Kirsh usually represents the prospective adoptive parents, it is ABSOLUTELY untrue that Kirsh & Kirsh does not care about birth mothers. Nothing could be further from the truth. Over the last 35+ years of arranging adoptions in Indiana, we have earned an excellent reputation with expectant mothers and birth mothers because of […]
A woman with an unplanned pregnancy has other options, including, the most obvious, figuring out how to parent the child, finding a family member or friend to help, and arranging temporary foster care, to name a few. For the purposes of this blog, let’s assume you have explored those options and others, and have concluded […]
We, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) welcome a cooperative, birth father’s involvement in an adoption. Unfortunately, not often is the father of the baby as interested in participating in the adoption plan as he was at being present for the conception of the baby. Recently, I met an expectant mother […]
No, you do not. Sometimes an expectant mother will contact a local adoption agency or national adoption agency because the adoption agency has a slick website or because the agency has advised the birth mother not to work with an adoption attorney. Occasionally, a birth mother will find that the adoption agency is too rigid […]
