We are a small law firm of all women offering adoption services with care, concern and a personal touch. We’re here and available to speak with you, free of charge, and provide information about placing a child for adoption at any time. You may call or text us 24/7 at (850) 308-1836.

In Florida, adoption is the legal process where another assumes parental responsibilities and may occur as a private placement through an attorney or agency.

You may make plans for adoption at any point in your pregnancy, including selecting an adoptive family. We can even work with you while you’re at the hospital or after you have taken your child home.

Yes, you may. In private adoption, you may discuss your individual desires for an adoptive family with us and we will present families who meet the qualities you are looking for.

Only if you prefer to select the family. If not, you can provide us with your desires for an adoptive family and we can find the family for you.

All adoptive families that we place with are home study approved and have extensive background checks and have participated in adoption education. You can choose the family, meet them, and get to know them, which can help you to feel assured of a family’s love for your child.

Open adoption is where birth and adoptive families have some degree of ongoing contact with each other. Depending on what you are comfortable with, this contact can be through mail, email, social media, calls, texts, video chats and visits.

In Florida, the family you select may assist you with:

Medical care and medications
Counseling
Living expenses such as rent, utilities, telephone, toiletries and groceries
Transportation
Clothing

In Florida, these benefits are available up to six weeks after the birth of your child.

After the birth of your child, typically before release from the hospital.

Generally, no.  In Florida, once the consent for adoption of a newborn is signed, the consent is binding and irrevocable unless obtained by fraud or duress.

No. In private placement adoption, there is no requirement for foster care.

Yes, if you desire. Florida provides an Adoption Reunion Registry, and you may provide contact information directly to the adoptive family.

Today it is much more common for adoptive families to discuss with children the circumstances of their adoption. If you choose to have an open adoption, you may also have the opportunity to explain it yourself.

If you would like to speak with a professional about your situation and the adoption options available, you can call or text us anytime; our talk and text line is (850) 308-1836 and our toll-free line is (888) 883-6830. Our telephones are answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even on holidays. Your call is free and confidential.

Only you can answer this question. We can help you explore your options and thoroughly explain adoption and the process so that you have the information you may need to decide what is best for you and your child.

In Florida, if you don’t know who the father is, you can still make an adoption plan for your baby.

We can still help you make an adoption plan for your baby if you are unsure who the father may be.

No.

You can place a child for adoption without parental consent or knowledge. If you’re under 14, your consent must be witnessed by a parent, guardian or court appointed guardian ad litem.

In most cases, no.

We are happy to share information with you about placing an older child for adoption in Florida.

No.

We work with birth families all over the state of Florida, from Pensacola, Milton, Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, DeFuniak Springs, Panama City and Tallahassee to Ocala, Belleview, Dunellon, Miami and even Key West.

Yes

If your parental rights to your child have not been terminated, you can create and consent to the private placement of your child for adoption. The earlier in the dependency process you explore placement, the more options you may have.