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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Actually, a local adoption agency or national adoption agency will probably tell you that they represent everyone in the adoption triad – the birth mother, adoptive parents, and child. Kirsh & Kirsh is not an adoption agency. We do not claim to represent the legal interests of everyone. As the Bible says, no one can […]
“Giving away” in that context suggests that you are getting rid of, or discarding, the baby as you might with an old pair of shoes. A woman who has the strength and courage to entrust the life of her precious child to another set of parents is NOT one who has GIVEN AWAY her child. […]
In fact, very few women who think about putting up their babies for adoption, or more correctly, making adoption plans for their babies proceed with an adoption. Fundamentally, placing a newborn in an adoptive home requires a firm belief and faith that the adoptive parents can and will provide the child with a loving, secure, […]
YES, as long as you do so prior to signing a consent to adoption, and under Indiana law, a birth mother CANNOT sign a valid consent to adoption before she gives birth. Indiana adoption statutes make clear that a pre-birth consent by an expectant MOTHER is not valid. We, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, […]
Probably. No one can honestly provide a guaranteed “Yes” to that question. However, at Adoption Attorneys, Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), over the last nearly 40 years of handing adoptions in Indiana and beyond, rarely does an adult adoptee tell us that she or he would not welcome meeting their birth parents. On […]
In some ways, that is like asking which is better—chocolate or vanilla ice cream. The question suggests that there are only two choices – chocolate or vanilla – national vs. local adoption agencies. As with ice cream, there are other choices. When it comes to adoption, the other choice of an adoption professional is an […]
