If you work with Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) or most other national adoption agencies or local adoption agencies, IT WILL NOT COST YOU ANYTHING! Also, in many states, prospective adoptive parents can help you with living expenses for such things as rent, utilities, food, transportation, and maternity clothes, in addition […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
YES! Nationally, anywhere between 40 and 80 families want to adopt EACH baby available for adoption. The COVID pandemic has made the waiting lists at many local adoption agencies and national adoption agencies grow even longer. Therefore, not only are there families wanting to adopt, birth mothers and birth parents have LOTS of choices. Being […]
The first question you should ask yourself — Is your inability to provide for another child temporary or will it last for the foreseeable future? If you only need a few days or a couple of weeks to be able to parent your child, then a close friend or family member may be able to […]
Even if you live outside of Indiana, if you work with us, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), we would, most likely, file the adoption in Indiana. Under Indiana Adoption Laws, adoption court records are STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. Additionally, we, at Kirsh & Kirsh, will not involve anyone in the adoption whom […]
Answering the second question first – YES, Kirsh & Kirsh can help you find a wonderful, loving, carefully screened, and thoroughly investigated home for your baby if you decide to put up your baby for adoption or, more correctly, make an adoption plan for your newborn or soon-to-be-born baby. Kirsh & Kirsh is an adoption-only […]
Yes, Indiana Code § 31-19-7-1(a) provides: “A child may not be placed in a proposed adoptive home without the prior written approval of a licensed child placing agency or the local office approved for that purpose by the department.” This includes a criminal check, as defined in Indiana Code § 31-9-2-22.5, of all persons, at […]
