| Adopting a child can be the greatest moment in a | | | | the adoption. However, without an agreement, |
| child's and parent's lives. However, adoption law is not | | | | having that person's parental rights extinguished by a |
| simple, and a person should consider several issues | | | | court can be a very stressful and emotional |
| before placing a child for adoption or before adopting | | | | procedure. Seattle Adoption Attorneys with |
| a child. Qualified Seattle adoption attorneys are a | | | | extensive experience in such actions should be |
| good place to start for advice you will need to make | | | | consulted before undergoing such an adoption in |
| such an important decision. | | | | order to know if the intangible (and tangible) costs |
| For information on mandatory standardized forms for | | | | are worth the process. |
| adoption actions, please see family law Seattle | | | | Furthermore, the adoptive and former parents may |
| adoption information. | | | | enter a binding agreeing which allows continuing |
| There are several different ways to adopt a child. | | | | contact between the child and the former parents |
| For example, there are domestic adoptions, overseas | | | | under Washington State family law. However, such |
| adoptions, step-parent adoptions with the biological | | | | an agreement involves quite complex legal issues, and |
| parent's consent, and step-parent adoptions without | | | | should be entered into with the help of Seattle |
| such consent. Depending on what kind of adoption, | | | | adoption attorneys. |
| the legal requirements and processes vary greatly. In | | | | Washington State adoption laws in were designed to |
| most cases, the state will be conduct an evaluation | | | | protect the rights of both the biological and adoptive |
| of your private life, your history, and perform | | | | parents, and most importantly, the child's rights. |
| pre-placement and post-placement investigations. The | | | | Navigating these laws alone could be vexing, and |
| Seattle Adoption Attorneys at McKinley Irvin can | | | | qualified Seattle Adoption Attorneys should be |
| advise you on the law generally and on the evaluation | | | | consulted prior to any adoption action. At McKinley |
| process specifically. | | | | Irvin, we have several very good Seattle adoption |
| Before a child may be adopted, his non-custodial | | | | attorneys to serve you. |
| biological parent(s) must relinquish her parental rights | | | | Seattle Adoption Attorneys at McKinley Irvin |
| or have those rights taken away through court | | | | A good place to start for Washington State family |
| action. A person's right to parent her child is a | | | | law on adoption may be found here: Chapter 26.33 |
| constitutionally protected fundamental right and is | | | | RCW: Adoption However, contact the Seattle |
| therefore hard to overcome involuntarily. For | | | | adoption attorneys at McKinley Irvin for more |
| example, sometimes a custodial parent remarries | | | | detailed information. Our Seattle adoption attorneys |
| after a divorce and wants the new step-parent to | | | | have extensive experience in all sorts of adoption |
| adopt a child from her previous relationship. In many | | | | actions and other Washington State family law |
| cases, the non-custodial biological parent agrees to | | | | actions. |