Prospective Adoptive Parents!

Adopting a child is beautifully life-changing. As you can imagine, it is an extensive process. Our firm works expectant mothers looking to place their babies for adoption. We also assist matched families with all the necessary legal work to complete the adoption.

If you are just getting started and are not already matched with a family, your first step is to complete a home study!

This is the most important part of the adoption process. You will need to work with a social worker or adoption agency to get a home study. Your home study will include you and your family's personal, work, and educational history, FBI and criminal record clearances, home inspection, medical records, financial statements, etc. You will also create profile books, or picture books, to accompany your home study. These will give Birth Parents a glimpse into your life and why you are choosing adoption. Once you become approved, you will be able to send out your profile to agencies and attorneys.

Here are some of the agencies we work closely with! Check them out for more information on getting a home study:

Once we receive your approved home study and profile books, you will receive a confirmation email from our office. Keep in contact with your consultant and/or social worker, if you have one. We will send out expectant mother situations to our potential adoptive parent (PAP) list via email. If you would like to present, you would simply respond with a personalized letter for the expectant mother. Our office will keep all presenting families updated, via email, as the expectant mothers narrow down their choices. 

If the expectant mother selects your family, the attorney will reach out to you directly. We encourage our expectant mothers to meet the adoptive parents before birth to begin establishing a relationship, if they are comfortable. We will arrange a "match lunch" at our office in Jacksonville for us all to meet and get to know each other better. 

We will assist with all the legal components of finalizing the adoption, such as the termination of birth parent rights, the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children process, obtaining court approval for all fees and expenses incurred with the adoption, and the finalization of the adoption.

We are here to help throughout the whole process, from start to baby and beyond!