Adoptions
Ensure a smoother and faster transition of parental rights when you trust our dedicated adoption attorney.
Whether you are planning to adopt your relative’s child, your new spouse’s child, or the child you have fostered for years, adding new members to your family and finally legalizing your relationship with them is truly exciting. It can be a long, complicated journey, however.
Adoption is a highly complex area of law. It can put your legal rights as your child’s parent at risk when not done properly. For this reason, it’s critical to have a skilled attorney who is well-versed with the requirements necessary to help you complete the adoption. They can help you navigate the adoption process and avoid roadblocks.
When the need for adoption arises, Myrthil’s Law, P. A. is here to help you. We assist in the adoption process for stepparents, grandparents, or other relatives. Our experienced attorney ensures a seamless transition of parental rights and makes the process as easy as possible for your family.
How Myrthil's Law, P. A.
Can Help
Myrthil’s Law, P. A. offers comprehensive legal support and representation to help ensure a successful adoption process and foster the bond between adopting parents and their children. Having handled a wide range of family law cases, including adoption, we develop effective strategies to help adoptive parents achieve parental rights.
More than providing extensive legal advice, we expertly handle all the paperwork and legal requirements necessary to ensure that your case is on the right track and prevent any challenges that may derail the adoption process. Our compassionate and caring team will bring their skills and expertise to help you realize your dream family.
Our Adoption Legal Services
At Myrthil’s Law, P. A., we know how emotionally exhausting the adoption process can be, and we are here to assist you every step of the way. Here’s how we provide complete guidance throughout your adoption process:
1. We devise a well-structured plan for adoption.
As a knowledgeable and experienced law firm, we make the adoption process simple and organized for you. Our team will help you understand and weigh your options before developing an adoption strategy that ensures success.
If you are planning to adopt or place a child from other states, we work collaboratively with other trusted attorneys who are familiar with other state laws to create a practical and legally secure adoption plan.
2. We provide vital legal services to complete the adoption process.
Depending on the type of adoption, adoptive parents must take specific steps to achieve legal custody officially. At Myrthil’s Law, P. A., we provide comprehensive legal services to help clients navigate the legal system.
Our legal team helps adoptive parents make informed decisions throughout the entire process. We will thoroughly guide you, from filling in paperwork, representing your interests during court appearances, and transferring parental rights.
3. We ensure the smooth transfer of rights from birth parents to adopting parents.
We protect your rights as adoptive parents. After finalizing the adoption process, we ensure the proper termination of rights of the birth parents. Our team also helps parents overcome any challenges, such as restrictions regarding marital status, sexual identity, and religion, to ensure seamless transfer of parental rights and responsibilities.
Types of Adoption Cases We Handle
Myrthil’s Law, P.A. assists in many types of familial adoptions in Florida, including:
1. Grandparent and Relative Adoptions
Love and care are crucial to ensure that a child grows with healthy emotional and physical well-being. In cases when a parent is not capable, the interest of the child can best be served with a relative adoption.
A relative adoption will legally and permanently ensure the relationship between children and their relatives—grandparents, aunt, or uncle. The relative will have the same rights as a parent, including the right to all decision-making regarding the child’s welfare.
Myrthil’s Law, P. A. assists in many cases of relative adoptions where the driving reason was child abuse, teenage pregnancy, abandonment, death of a parent, mental health concern, substance abuse, incarceration, child neglect, or financial issues.
2. Stepparent Adoptions
Blended families are quite common and for some families, seeking full legal rights and responsibilities for the stepchild is the next step in making their family whole. This is achieved through stepparent adoption.
Stepparent adoption is a formal legal process that allows a stepparent to become a legal guardian of the child with the same rights and responsibilities as a biological parent. In order for a stepparent to be eligible to adopt their stepchild, either one of the biological parents must have passed away, is no longer in the picture, or is willing to absolve their own parental rights.
Contact Us Today
Ensure a successful adoption plan when you partner with the most trusted adoption attorney, Myrthil’s Law, P. A. If you have inquiries regarding our legal services and how we can help you pursue adoption, feel free to connect with our team. We look forward to helping you add a new member to your family.
