Georgia Domestic Adoption Attorneys
Step-Parent Adoption • Grandparent Adoption • Foster Adoption
At Holmes & Lekan, LLC, we enjoy helping families grow through adoption. We provide domestic adoption services for parents who have already identified a child they wish to adopt. We can help you secure your parental rights and bring your child home.
Work with an experienced and knowledgeable adoption lawyer at the Suwanee offices of Holmes & Lekan, LLC. We ensure our clients interests are protected at every step so you can have peace of mind.
Providing Solutions for Clients throughout Georgia
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Most instances of domestic adoption involve step-parents formally adopting a step-child or other family members (grandparents, aunts and uncles) adopting a child when a parent cannot fulfill his or her role. Relative adoption may seem like a formality to some, but it is so much more:
- Adoption creates a legal relationship that gives an adult legal authority to make important decisions in the life of the child — to enroll the child in school, give consent for medical treatment, etc. It's essential for someone to be able to make these decisions on a child's behalf.
- While the child already knows he or she is loved, adoption can bring an even greater sense of belonging. It also gives an adopted child the same inheritance rights as a birth child.
At Holmes & Lekan, LLC, our adoption attorneys help families across Georgia complete domestic adoptions. We file the adoption petition so the juvenile court in your area can make arrangements for a home study to begin. We prepare the paperwork and contact the birth parents to handle any required termination of their parental rights (if those rights were not previously terminated by the court). We will attend all hearings with you.
Contested Adoption
We defend the rights of adoptive parents in cases which a birth parent seeks to regain a child or a birth father claims not to have known of or given consent to an adoption.
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Adoption brings security to a child and joy to a family. Let us help you make this happen. Contact Holmes & Lekan, LLC to schedule a consultation with one of our family law attorneys. We also help with guardianship proceedings.
