Open, Closed and Step-Parent Adoption

Maricopa County Adoption Lawyers

Uniting a child with a loving family is always a joyous occasion. If you are adding a child to your family through the process of adoption, we can help.

At the Law Offices of Scott David Stewart, Arizona adoption attorney Amy Dohrendorf helps couples build their family in open, closed, and international adoptions, as well as relative adoptions. If you are considering adoption, contact our office to schedule a consultation. From our Phoenix and Chandler law offices, we help families across Maricopa County.

Different Types of Adoption

The process of completing an adoption will vary depending upon the type of adoption you are considering. Most of the adoptions our firm handles are open adoptions in which the parents have identified a birth parent with, or without the assistance of an adoption agency.

We also handle many step-parent adoptions, and relative adoptions, such as grandparents adopting grandchildren, or aunts, uncles or cousins adopting a child within the family.

Attorney Dohrendorf can also finalize your international adoption.

The Adoption Process

We understand the stressful nature of adoption and do everything we can to make the process trouble-free. At your initial meeting with our attorney, she will explain the process and the information needed by the court. She can also help you understand the ways in which an adoption can be financed, including tax credits, employer benefits, and state subsidies.

In the adoption process we can handle these and other legal matters:

• Termination of parental rights of a biological parent
• Finding a social worker qualified to conduct your home study
• Drafting or reviewing of contracts for expenses you will cover for the birth mother, such as living expenses and medical expenses
• The adoption hearing
• Name change and other legal documentation

Contact Us

Past clients think so highly of our adoption attorney and her responsive, respectful adoption legal services that we receive most of our adoption clients through personal referrals. We invite you to contact us to begin the process of growing your family through adoption.