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Marion County Indianapolis Adoption attorneys
The procedure by which a formal legal adoption occurs requires an adoption lawyer to guide the adoption process where a relationship is established legally between a parent and their non-biological child. The specific procedures during the intricate adoption process can become extremely complicated. Experienced Indiana adoption attorney, Tony Zirkle, will guide your adoption process and guarantee it runs smoothly.
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Types of Adoption
Closed Adoption/Confidential Adoption: An adoption where the birth parents have no information about the adoptive parents and vice versa.
Open Adoption: An adoption where Birthparents and adoptive parents have information about each other.
Special Needs Adoption: An adoption where the child may have a physical, mental or emotional disability. This includes babies who have been exposed to drugs or alcohol before birth.
Indiana State Adoption Law
In Indiana, the following parties must consent to adoption:
- Each living parent of a child born to married parents
- The unwed mother and the father whose paternity has been established
- Any person or agency having custody
- The court having jurisdiction
- A minor parent with the concurrence of the parent or guardian
- The spouse of a married parent
- An adoptee who is 14 years of age or older
Parental consent is not necessary when:
- Parental rights have been terminated in the child's best interest
- Parents have been declared incompetent or mentally unstable
- Parents have been found to be unfit
- Parent has been convicted of murder, manslaughter, or causing the suicide of the child's other parent
- Parent has been convicted of murder, manslaughter, rape, incest, neglect, battery, or causing the suicide of the child's sibling
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Consent may be executed by the court, a notary public, a county authorized agent, or the child-placing agency anytime after the child's birth.
Indiana adoption lawyer, Tony Zirkle handles each individual case with compassion and sensitivity while having a firm understanding of specific state mandated procedures and adoption laws. To make your adoption process run as smoothly as possible, contact the Indiana family law firm today.
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