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 […]
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 […]
If you put up your baby for adoption, or more correctly, make an adoption plan for your baby, through Kirsh & Kirsh, your baby will NOT go into a foster home. Years ago, local adoption agencies routinely placed children into foster care before allowing the adoptive parents to bond with the newborns, but Kirsh & […]
Yes. Kirsh & Kirsh has loving, carefully screened, prospective adoptive parents who have expressed interest in adopting babies exposed to drugs or born addicted to drugs. In our 35+ years of experience with THOUSANDS of birth mothers, we have never known of an expectant mother who intentionally tried to hurt their unborn child by taking […]
Just the other day, I, Steve Kirsh, an adoption lawyer with the Adoption Law Firm Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) had a Zoom Meeting with prospective adoptive parents, who told me that they had been working with a national adoption agency, which matched them with an expectant mother. Between the upfront agency fees […]
