Other Types of Adoption
Step-Parent Adoption
When a biological parent remarries, the family may decide it is in the child's best interest for the new spouse to adopt the child. The Law Offices of Laurie B. Goldheim handles step-parent adoptions in New York and New Jersey. In the typical step-parent adoption case, the step-parent wants to adopt his or her spouse's child born in a previous relationship or marriage.
Second Parent Adoption
The Law Offices of Laurie B. Goldheim handles second parent adoptions for clients residing in the states of New York and New Jersey. The need or desire for a second parent adoption arises in many different circumstances including domestic partner adoptions or births through artificial reproductive technology.
Re-Adoption and Finalization of International Adoptions
The Law Offices of Laurie B. Goldheim represents New York and New Jersey families who have adopted children from outside of the United States in the re-adoption of those children through the local Courts. Some international agencies require adoptive parents to re-adopt children adopted internationally in their home state after they return home with the child. Other families choose to re-adopt the child under the laws of their state of residence, whether or not required to do so by the placing adoption agency.
Certain countries grant guardianship of the child to the prospective adoptive parents and do not finalize the adoption of the child; therefore, the prospective adoptive parents will need to finalize the adoption in their home state.
Finalization of Agency Adoptions
Whether you have adopted a child through a private agency or through the public system of foster care, the Law Offices of Laurie B. Goldheim can represent New York and New Jersey adoptive families in the finalization of their agency adoptions.
Adult Adoption
The Law Offices of Laurie B. Goldheim represents clients interested in adult adoptions.
By law, two adults who are not related to one another may, under certain circumstances, create a parent-child relationship. The person who will be the parent may petition the appropriate court to adopt the other adult as their child.
