Serving Birth Mothers in Tallahassee, Pensacola, Ocala, Crestview, Panama City, Ft.Walton Beach, Milton and surrounding areas for over 20 years.

What is Adoption ?

As commonly known, adoption is the legal process by which parents, commonly known as birth parents, allow another to assume all parental responsibilities for their child. In doing this, they give up their rights as parents. Florida law states that adoption is the act of creating the legal relationship between parent and child where it did not previously exist, thereby declaring the child to be the legal child of the adoptive parents.

In Florida, adoptions may occur as a private placement through an attorney or as an agency placement. In private placement adoptions, both prospective adoptive parents and birth parents seek out an adoption attorney in hopes of finding a match. Through family profiles, personal biographies and/or photographs presented by the attorney, birth parents typically select a family. While it is not required that birth parents make the selection, in most cases, birth parents have input into this selection either by providing a list of criteria for a possible adoptive family, reviewing profiles and information about families, or in some cases meeting the potential families on the telephone or in person, if they so desire While some agencies will place a child in foster care, this office utilizes direct placement, without need for foster care. Our attorney and social work staff are experienced and have worked in adoption for many years. We would be happy to speak with you regarding adoption as an option for you and your child.