Bloomfield, Missouri Adoption Lawyer Manages Legal Aspects

Determined to help families achieve their goals

Adopting a child brings happiness to families, but a biological parent’s change of heart or a legal setback can turn a joyous occasion into a stressful ordeal. Tweedy Law Office, LLC handles the complex legal procedures and frustrating red tape of the adoption process so you can focus on your new family member.

We help clients with the following areas of adoption:

• Termination of parental rights
• Foster parent/subsidized adoptions
• Private adoptions
• Domestic adoptions
• Step-parent adoptions

Termination of parental rights

Stories abound about birth parents challenging an adoption after it is finalized. These well-publicized news accounts reflect a real fear for adoptive parents. The suffering associated with a badly-handled adoption affects everybody involved — the adoptive parents, the birth parents and the children who are caught in the middle. We ensure that both the birth and adoptive parents’ rights are respected so that the end result is a final adoption that cannot be challenged. We substantiate that the birth parents consent to the adoption freely and voluntarily to avoid claims of fraud, duress and coercion that can be grounds for restoring a birth parent’s rights.

Paternity registry

The biological father has the same rights as the biological mother in deciding whether to voluntarily terminate parental rights. Missouri laws seek to balance the father’s rights with the well-being of the child through a paternity registry. The process prevents the unsettling disruption of a child’s life caused by a father’s parental claims after the adoption’s finalization. A man who knows or believes he is the father of a child can apply to the putative father registry to receive notices of judicial proceedings related to the child, including those associated with the adoption process. Mr. Tweedy take all necessary steps to confirm that the father provides consent or that no father is registered with the database.

Types of adoption

An open adoption agreement permits the biological family to maintain a relationship with the child. The terms of the agreement can include any level of involvement ranging from regular visits to yearly snapshots exchanged by mail. A closed adoption protects the identity of the biological parents and the child, but may include disclosure of essential information such as the child’s heritage and medical history.

Foster parent adoptions

Many foster parents start caring for a child on a temporary basis but soon realize that their lives would not be the same without that child and want to make the placement permanent if the biological parents are not taking the steps necessary for the child to be returned home.  Often times, the state of Missouri will assist with payment of attorney fees associated with the adoption, as well as a continued monthly stipend after the adoption is completed to the adoptive parents, and continued medical care for the child.  Mr. Tweedy aggressively works to speed up the process and overcome any obstacles. His goal is to help you finalize the adoption as soon as legally possible.

Contact Missouri adoption attorneys

Tweedy Law Office, LLC is located in Bloomfield, Missouri and serves clients in Missouri. Call 573-568-4000 or contact us online to schedule a consultation. 

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Bloomfield Office:

208 S. Prairie
Bloomfield, MO
63825
The Buck Building Located at the Courthouse Square

Mailing Address:

PO Box 193
Bloomfield, MO 63825-0193