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\nOur clients create a “parent profile,” an autobiographical booklet (produced both in print and digitally), that shares their story in both words and pictures. We send this profile to expectant parents so they can learn more about you.[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Once I locate a birth mother, how do I know it\u2019s the right adoption situation for me?” closed_toggle_background_color=”#79bedb” icon_color=”#593e1a” open_icon_color=”#593e1a” admin_label=”Once I locate a birth mother, how do I know it\u2019s the right adoption situation for me?” module_id=”faq3″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ title_font_size=”22″ title_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]Our firm assists you in gathering all available information to assess potential adoption situations. We ask the prospective birth mother and birth father to provide information about their family, social, and health histories.<\/p>\n
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During this information gathering stage, we estimate the financial obligations that may arise in connection with the anticipated adoption. In reviewing all the available information, you will make a decision as to whether a particular match is best for you.[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”What is open adoption and do you encourage it?” closed_toggle_background_color=”#79bedb” icon_color=”#593e1a” open_icon_color=”#593e1a” admin_label=”What is open adoption and do you encourage it?” module_id=”faq4″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ title_font_size=”22″ title_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]Basically, \u201copen\u201d refers to communication and the term \u201copen\u201d in the adoption world is not universally defined. Many people assume an open adoption means birth parents know the full names and address of the adoptive parents and can visit throughout the child\u2019s life. Open adoption may sometimes be defined in this way, but this is neither the only definition nor the typical interpretation of open adoption by our clients.
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\nThe majority of independent\/private adoptions are open to a certain degree \u2013 this is what often appeals to all parties involved. In most private adoptions, you speak with birth parents on the phone, text, and email and often meet in person, either before or soon after the birth of the child. The birth mother provides you with information about her social and medical history and you share a comfortable level of information about yourself with the birth mother. In this style of open adoption, adoptive parents may maintain confidentiality but still have a connection\/relationship with the birth parents.
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\nTogether, the adoptive parents and birth parents determine the degree of openness post-birth that will work for them. Some adoptive parents and birth parents have no contact after the birth mother transfers custody of the child to the adoptive parents. Some adoptive parents agree to send pictures and updates of the child to the birth parents at scheduled intervals over time. Some birth parents and adoptive parents maintain contact for years. It is a matter of discussion and compromise as to what degree of post-birth communication is acceptable to all parties. We do encourage open adoption at whatever level of communication the adoptive family and the birth parents agree to as a group.[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”How long will it take to adopt a child?” closed_toggle_background_color=”#79bedb” icon_color=”#593e1a” open_icon_color=”#593e1a” admin_label=”How long will it take to adopt a child?” module_id=”faq5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ title_font_size=”22″ title_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]Although there are no guarantees, the private adoption process, from the time our clients begin searching for a birth mother until the time they take custody of their child, is approximately 12 to 18 months.[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Does your firm recommend that birth mothers receive counseling?” closed_toggle_background_color=”#79bedb” icon_color=”#593e1a” open_icon_color=”#593e1a” admin_label=”birth mothers receive counseling?” module_id=”faq6″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ title_font_size=”22″ title_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]Our firm always encourages expectant mothers to receive counseling. We firmly believe that birth mother counseling enables her to work through the emotions involved in placing her child for adoption and helps to ensure a successful outcome for everyone. The adoptive parents pay for the cost of counseling, if it is not covered by the birth mother\u2019s medical insurance.[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”What is the average cost of a private domestic adoption?” closed_toggle_background_color=”#79bedb” icon_color=”#593e1a” open_icon_color=”#593e1a” admin_label=”What is the average cost?” module_id=”faq7″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ title_font_size=”22″ title_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]The average cost of a private domestic adoption, excluding the costs for your home study, advertising, and travel expenses, ranges between $18,000 and $35,000. The cost varies depending on whether your birth mother has medical insurance, for example, and how much financial assistance, if any, she may require and the applicable law allows.[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”CTA Section” _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#79BEDB” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||70px||false|false” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1370px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin:auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Headline Text” _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” header_2_font_size_tablet=”” header_2_font_size_phone=”35px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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As adoption and reproductive law attorneys, The Law Offices of Laurie B. Goldheim serve as a primary resource, counsel and partner to clients who seek to grow their families by contemporary means and methods, as recognized by the courts of New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n
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Nationally recognized for my expertise in adoption matters, I understand that the three most important qualities you need in your adoption attorney are experience, compassion, and trust.Our firm helps you develop a strategy including networking and marketing steps to locate an expectant mother anywhere in the United States who is considering an adoption plan. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"1.\tWhat types of adoptions does the Law Offices of Laurie B. Goldheim handle?\r\n\t2.\tHow do I locate a birth mother who wants to place her child for adoption?\r\n\t3.\tOnce I locate a birth mother, how do I know that this is the right adoption situation for me?\r\n\t4.\tWhat information can I expect to receive about the birth parents and the child I will adopt?\r\n\t5.\tDo you encourage open adoptions?\r\n\t6.\tHow long will it take to adopt a child?\r\n\t7.\tDoes your firm recommend that birth mothers have counseling?\r\n\t8.\tWhat is the average cost of a private, domestic adoption?\r\n \u00a0\r\nWhat types of adoptions does the Law Offices of Laurie B. Goldheim handle?\r\n \u00a0\r\nMy firm specializes in all types of adoptions including private domestic adoptions, agency assisted adoptions and finalizations, and finalizations of international adoption placements. In addition, my firm routinely represents people in adult adoptions, second parent adoptions, step-parent adoptions, foster care adoptions, and re-adoptions of international adoptions that finalized outside of the United States. My clients include married couples, single men and women, and same-sex couples. My firm also represents birth parents.\r\n\r\n \u00a0\r\nHow do I locate a birth mother who wants to place her child for adoption?\r\n \u00a0\r\nMy firm will help you establish a networking plan and strategy to locate a birth mother who wants to place her child for adoption. The networking plan primarily consists of advertising in newspapers throughout the country. It is one of the most effective ways to locate birth mothers.\r\nMy clients also create a \"profile\" about themselves consisting of an autobiography and photographs. [jeamrie@optonline.net]. I send this profile to birth parents so that they may learn more about you.\r\nOther effective networking methods include internet exposure, birth mother letters and letter writing campaigns to doctors, hospitals, planned parenthood clinics, clergy persons, and college and high school counselors, all of whom may be able to introduce you to birth mothers who are interested in placing children for adoption.\r\n\r\n \u00a0\r\nOnce I locate a birth mother, how do I know that this is the right adoption situation for me?\r\n \u00a0\r\nMy firm will assist you in gathering all the information necessary to make and educated an informed decision about the best situation for you. During the adoptive parents' selection phase of the adoption process, my role is to help you assess potential adoption situations, obtain the family and health histories of the prospective birth parents, and to estimate the financial obligations that may arise in connection with the anticipated adoption. It is from the sum of all of this information that you will make a decision as to which situation is most suitable for you.\r\n\r\n \u00a0\r\nWhat information can I expect to receive about the birth parents and the child I will adopt?\r\n \u00a0\r\nMy firm will obtain a family medical and social history form from the birth mother and, when possible, the birth father. I will also obtain the birth mother's available pre-natal records from her obstetrician and the baby's medical records from the hospital and pediatrician. I will also request test results, sonograms and any other available information from the doctor about the birth mother's pregnancy. I ask all birth mothers to undergo HIV testing and drug and alcohol screening. You may request any other medical tests that you would like the birth mother to undergo. I can arrange for those tests provided the birth mother is willing to submit to them and her doctor is willing to perform them. Adoptive parents may be required to pay for the cost of such requested testing.\r\n\r\n \u00a0\r\nDo you encourage open adoptions?\r\n \u00a0\r\nMany people who are considering adoption assume that an \"open\" adoption is defined in the broadest of terms - that the birth parents know the full names and address of the adoptive parents and can visit throughout the child's life. Although an open adoption may sometimes be defined in such broad terms, this is NOT the only definition of an open adoption or the only interpretation of its meaning by either adoptive parents or birth parents.\r\nThe majority of independent adoptions are \"open\" to a certain degree and that is what often makes an independent adoption appealing to all the people involved in it. In most independent adoptions, the adoptive parents and birth parents speak to each other on the telephone and often meet in person, either before or soon after the birth of the child. The birth mother provides the adoptive parents with as much information about her social and medical history as possible and the adoptive parents share as much non-identifying information with the birth mother with which they are comfortable. Adoptive parents and birth parents often develop a relationship despite the fact that the birth mother does not know the last name or the address of the adoptive parents. This way, adoptive parents have a connection with the birth parents while maintaining confidentiality.\r\nSome adoptive parents and birth parents have no contact after the adoptive parents take custody of the child. Some adoptive parents agree to send pictures of the child to the birth parents at scheduled intervals over time. Some birth parents and adoptive parents maintain contact for years. The degree of openness is determined by the adoptive parents and the birth parents, together. It is sometimes a matter of compromise as to what degree is acceptable to all the parties so that everyone can be comfortable with the openness of the adoption.\r\n\r\n \u00a0\r\nHow long will it take to adopt a child?\r\n \u00a0\r\nAlthough there are no guarantees, the adoption process, from the time our clients begin advertising until the time they take custody of their child, is approximately six months to one year.\r\n\r\n \u00a0\r\nDoes your firm recommend that birth mothers have counseling?\r\n \u00a0\r\nMy firm always encourages birth mothers to have counseling. Some states require counseling for the birth mother. I believe that counseling enables a birth mother to work through the emotions involved with placing her child for adoption and helps better ensure a successful adoption. The cost of counseling, if not covered by the birth mother's insurance or Medicaid, is paid for by the adoptive parents.\r\n\r\n \u00a0\r\nWhat is the average cost of a private, domestic adoption?\r\n \u00a0\r\nThe average cost of an adoption, excluding the cost for your home study, advertising costs, telephone bills and travel expenses, ranges between $15,000 and $30,000, depending on how much financial assistance your birth mother requires and the law allows.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"dipi_cpt_category":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adoptionrights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adoptionrights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adoptionrights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adoptionrights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adoptionrights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adoptionrights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adoptionrights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adoptionrights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}