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Adoption Blog
“Giving away” suggests that you are discarding, of getting rid of, your baby, as you might with an old pair of sneakers. A birth mother who has the courage, strength, and fortitude to entrust the life of her precious child to another set of parents is NOT one who has GIVEN AWAY her child. She […]
Very few women who think about giving up their babies for adoption, or more correctly, making adoption plans for their babies actually proceed to make adoption plans for their newborns. For a birth parent to place a baby in an adoptive home, the birth parent must believe and have faith that the adoptive parents can […]
YES, if you do it before signing a consent to adoption. Under Indiana adoption law, a birth mother CANNOT give a valid consent to adoption before she gives birth. Indiana statutes make clear that a pre-birth consent by an expectant MOTHER is not valid. We, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), […]
Yes, probably, but no one can give a guaranteed “Yes” to that question. However, at Adoption Attorneys, Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), over the last nearly 40 years of handing adoptions in Indiana and beyond, almost never does an adult adoptee tell us that he or she would not welcome meeting their birth […]
Some would say that is like asking which is better—vanilla or chocolate ice cream. The question suggests that there are only two choices – vanilla or chocolate – local vs. national adoption agencies. As with chocolate and vanilla ice cream, there are other choices. When it comes to adoption, the other choice of an adoption […]