Texas Adoption Lawyer

Private Adoption · International/Foreign Adoption · Stepparent Adoption

At Mark Lane Law Offices in Fort Worth, Texas, we are delighted to represent prospective adoptive parents as well as birth parents in private and international adoptions. We are prepared to assist with many types of adoptions, including open adoptions, closed adoptions (sometimes called confidential adoptions), semi-open adoptions (sometimes called cooperative adoptions), and stepparent adoptions. If you are a birth father considering termination of your parental rights to enable stepparent adoption or if you are seeking to adopt a child, our firm has the knowledge to help you through the process. Contact us today.

Pick the Right Family Law Attorney Because Your Adoption Issues Are Important

• Birth fathers: If the mother of your child has remarried and requested that you consent to a stepparent adoption, you need to know all the legal ramifications, both pro and con, of terminating your parental rights, including termination of your child support obligations. Contact us to schedule an in-person consultation to discuss all the legal, financial, and family issues involved in adoption. We will help you determine how you want to proceed.
• Adoptive parent(s): If you have decided upon adoption, you are probably excited to get the necessary legal work done quickly and efficiently so that you can bring your child home with you at the earliest possible date. We can help with that.
• We can assist with the necessary background check
• We will prepare you for the home study that must be completed prior to acceptance.
• If you are seeking to adopt internationally, you may need an immigration attorney to help with the required visas and other documents.

If you have decided upon adoption or you have questions about it, please contact our office for a thorough discussion of your circumstances and Texas adoption law.