Adopting a child is something to celebrate. Getting through the legal process, however, can be very frustrating. With an experienced adoption lawyer’s help, you will understand the steps in the process and will have an advocate on your side.
At McMorrow Law, our family law attorneys have assisted people in Pennsylvania with private, stepparent, and grandparent adoptions, as well as same-sex couple adoptions.
We also handle international adoptions. While we typically represent adoptive parents, we can represent birth mothers and fathers as well. Find out more about how our Pittsburgh adoption attorneys can help your family today. We enjoy helping families become complete.
Domestic and International Adoptions
Our law firm provides representation to people in Pennsylvania in a wide range of domestic adoptions, including:
- Private agency adoptions
- Office of Children, Youth, and Families (CYF) adoption of a foster child or dependent child
- Private adoptions (adoptions without the use of an agency)
We also help stepparents adopt their spouse’s children. In these cases, we can help you, as the circumstances warrant, with the voluntary or involuntary termination of the estranged parent’s parental rights.
Same-sex individuals and couples who wish to adopt will go through a process similar to stepparent adoptions. If the parental rights of the biological parent(s) have not already been terminated, we will take those steps for you.
We can also assist with the enforcement of open adoptions, which are agreements between biological and adoptive parents to communicate after the adoption.
Our attorneys have experience with international adoptions from countries such as Ethiopia, Korea, Guatemala, Russia, and China.
Depending on the adoptee’s country of origin, we can finalize the adoption in the U.S. or do the entire adoption process here. We will explain the difference between IR3 and IR4 visas and ensure your child is on the path to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Experienced Adoption Representation
To schedule an initial consultation appointment, please call 724-940-0100 or contact us online.