Yes, Indiana Code § 31-19-7-1(a) states: “A child may not be placed in a proposed adoptive home without the prior written approval of a licensed child placing agency or the local office approved for that purpose by the department.” Pre-adoptive approval includes a criminal check,...
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...
Not surprising that you are confused! If you have never given up a baby for adoption, or more correctly, made an adoption plan for a baby, how could you possibly know what to do? This is the case because most of the information you get...
This past weekend, we at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) received an urgent phone call very early on Sunday morning, in fact just after midnight, from a birth father on the way to the hospital with his pregnant fiancé, who was...
Birth fathers have rights, but some states like Indiana put the burden on the father of the baby to protect his own parental rights. The extent to which the burden is on the father, the adoptive parents, or the birth mother depends on the state...
We, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), are based in Indiana, but one of our attorneys is also licensed to practice law in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and soon in Michigan and Illinois. The “Kirsh Boys,” as the attorneys at Kirsh &...
YES! You might believe that newborn adoptions usually involve teenaged birth mothers, but believe it or not, most expectant mothers are closer to 32 years of age than 17, and many have one or more other children. In our experience at Kirsh & Kirsh, teenage...
Yes, we, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh are lawyers, and, YES, we can help you find a wonderful, loving, amazing home for your soon-to-be-born baby or precious newborn if you choose to put the baby up for adoption, or better said, make an adoption...
We, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, understand that every woman facing an untimely unplanned pregnancy, who thinks about putting up her baby for adoption or, more correctly, making an adoption plan for the baby, wonders the same thing. In fact, if a birth mother...
No, but that was the answer before July 1, 2021, when HB 1448 went into effect. Prior to July 1st, non-residents of Indiana could adopt babies born in Indiana, but the adoption had to take place in their home state unless the child met the...