Southeastern Pennsylvania Adoption Lawyers
Adoption should be a joyful time — creating formal legal ties to expand a family. In order to make sure that your family’s happiness is not disrupted by legal details or — in the worst case — challenges to the legality of the adoption, consult an experienced adoption attorney.
With offices throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, Prince Law Offices, P.C., offers legal representation in stepparent adoption and other types of adoption cases at reasonable rates. Our attorneys are dedicated to helping you make sure your adoption is finalized quickly and according to all applicable laws and rules. To learn more, call toll free at 888-313-0416 or contact us online.
Stepparent adoptions, especially, are common in blended families when a stepparent wants to obtain formal legal rights and responsibilities in relation to a stepchild. In order for a stepparent to adopt a child, the second biological parent must first give up his or her parental rights. The biological parent can consent to relinquish parental rights, or the stepparent can ask the court to terminate parental rights in a contested hearing.
Termination of parental rights when the biological parent does not consent to the adoption is extremely difficult except in situations where there is evidence of abuse or neglect, or when the biological parent will be absent for a long period of time (for example, a long prison sentence).
Even when the biological parent consents to the stepparent adoption, the stepparent adoption process must proceed with care to make sure each step is handled according to Pennsylvania’s adoption laws. If a step is missed, then it’s possible for the adoption to be challenged at a later date.
At Prince Law Offices, P.C, our adoption lawyers take special care in all adoption cases — stepparent adoptions, private adoptions and agency adoptions. Our goal is to do everything in our power to help the adoption process proceed smoothly and conclude with a legally sound adoption that can withstand any later challenges.
For two decades, we’ve been earning the trust of your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers. Today, let us earn yours.
Are you a stepparent with questions about the stepparent adoption process? Are you a biological parent who wants to fight a stepparent adoption? Do you want to legally adopt an adult for inheritance purposes? Are you adoptive parents who want legal representation during an agency or private adoption?
In any of these situations, Prince Law Offices, P.C., can help. To learn more in a private initial consultation, call 610-845-3803 or toll free at 888-313-0416, or contact us online.
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