The Adoption Law Firm

If you’re a foster parent feeling powerless in the legal realm of complexity and ambiguity, read this article about a foster parent’s rights by Grace Lorimor. I’d venture to say that you are more significant that you think.

The Rights Due to a Foster Parent Grace Lorimor

Foster care has evolved over the past several decades. The purpose of foster care, the use of it, ...

Alabama Adoption Code: Establishing Paternity

Unless a legal father’s rights have been terminated, a legal father’s consent to adoption is required. What makes a man a legal father? Here’s six brief ways a man can be considered a legal father.

1. Adoption

Upon a final decree of adoption, a legal parent-child relationship is formed. The adoptive parent ...

Article by Will Jenne Introduction

One of the many hurdles that people interested in pursuing adoption have to navigate is the expensive nature of the adoption process (especially if the adoption is contested). This financial hurdle has long been a barrier of entry for many families that have had a desire to grow their family through adoption. At the Adoption Law Firm, we try...

Abandonment in Stepparent Adoption

The short answer is, yes. If the lnatural parent has abandoned the child, the stepparent can adopt. This matters because the court can consider that a parent has given implied consent to the adoption, if they have abandoned the child.

But first, let’s try and define the term “abandonment” that way the court w...

Foster Parents’ Rights Intervention and Custody is a topic of great importance that can have a tremendous positive impact by knowing and applying these principles.

Foster Parents’ Rights Intervention and Custody

J.S. v. Greene County DHR, CL-2025-0181, (August 2025)

This is an unusual case from an unusual county. The juvenile court of Greene County awar...