When a baby is born, the hospital will complete an application for the newborn’s birth certificate and send it to the state or local department of health, depending on the state in which the birth mother gives birth. The birth mother’s name and the birth father’s name, if he has signed a paternity affidavit at […]
Not, if you don’t want to. We, at Adoption Attorneys, Kirsh & Kirsh, PC (“Kirsh & Kirsh”), always try to make adoption planning as easy as possible for birth mothers and expectant mothers facing untimely pregnancies or unplanned pregnancies. Some women want lots of involvement in the choosing the adoptive parents for their babies and […]
There are two ways can assure yourself that your baby will not go into foster care. Make sure the Department of Child Services in Indiana or a similar agency in your home state does not intervene in the adoption. Even if you have had other run-ins with DCS or used drugs during your pregnancy, if […]