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Adoption
Our firm can represent both adoptive-parents
and birth parents in legal adoption proceedings in Minnesota. However, if ever approached to represent both
birth parents and adoptive parents in the same proceeding,
we can only represent one party and will generally refer the
other party to another law firm that specializes in adoptions.
Our firm is mostly called upon to assist
in relative adoptions. Examples of such adoptions are when a
stepparent wishes to adopt his or her stepchild; when an aunt
or uncle wishes to adopt his or her niece or nephew; or when
a grandparent wishes to adopt his or her grandchild. In all
such proceedings, the birth mother and birth father (and any
putative fathers) have rights that must be adhered to by the
Court. In addition, the county where the child resides must
usually consent to the adoption before it can be approved by
the Court.
Our firm can assist with both agency and direct
adoptions. In agency adoptions, the birth parents transfer
their legal rights for the child to be adopted to the State
of Minnesota or an adoption agency. Examples include foster
care or international adoptions. With direct adoptions, we
can assist both birth parents or adoptive parents. Direct
adoptions are where the birth parents transfer their legal
rights of their child directly to the adoptive parents. As
stated above, we can only represent one side in such a proceeding.
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