Oklahoma City Adoption Attorney

Whether you’re interested in building a new home for an adopted child or a relative trying to adopt a grandchild, niece, or nephew following procedures and preparing necessary documentation is important if you hope to avoid delays and complications. At the Oklahoma City law office of Christopher A. Wood, we guide families through the process, filing and preparing papers and appearing in court when necessary. Working closely with clients, we remove the uncertainty and anxiety experienced by many when undertaking what can be complicated, confusing legal proceedings.

Remove the doubt and confusion – contact Oklahoma City adoption lawyer Christopher A. Wood today. Representing clients in Edmond, Moore, Bethany, Warr Acres, Yukon, and Woodlawn Park, we provide free consultations and evening and weekend appointments.

Adoption - An Overview

Adoption is a way of creating a legal parent-child relationship. Through adoption, a parent other than the birth parent becomes legally responsible for the child’s physical, material and emotional well-being. Adoption is becoming more common as a positive way to form a family. If you are interested in adopting a child, contact an adoption attorney in your area. Adoption attorneys are well-versed in your state’s adoption laws and can answer your questions about adoption.

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International Adoptions

With the increase in the number of people seeking to adopt a child and the decrease in the number of children available domestically for adoption, many are turning to international adoption as a way to fulfill their dreams of having a child. International adoptions can be more difficult to complete than domestic adoptions, and require extensive planning and research.

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Open vs. Closed Adoption

In the past, most adoptions were closed, meaning the adoptive parents and birth parents had no contact before or after the child was adopted. Today, domestic adoptions in the United States are moving toward open adoptions, where all the parties to an adoption meet beforehand and often remain in each other’s lives.

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Termination of Parental Rights

Before a child can be adopted, the child’s legal ties to their birth parents must be severed. This process can be stressful for adoptive parents, who may worry that complications will increase the length of the process or prevent a successful adoption altogether.

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How to Finance an Adoption

The expenses associated with adopting vary according to the type of adoption you pursue and where your child is from. Such expenses can include application fees, the cost of the social worker's home study, court costs, adoptive parent training, prenatal and delivery medical expenses, foster care fees, orphanage donations, foreign fees and travel costs. These costs can quickly mount, leaving you discouraged about your ability to afford an adoption. But there are resources available to help you defray the costs of adoption, including loans, grants, employer benefits, tax credits and others.

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