At the Adoption Law Offices of Adams & Romer, we are committed to providing effective legal representation and personal service for individuals and couples who wish to adopt. While most of our adoptions are open, newborn adoptions, we offer a wide range of adoption services, including those described below:
Stepparent Adoption: We can assist if you would like to legally adopt your spouse's child or children after you marry. We terminate the legal parents' rights, coordinate the social worker and home study and complete all necessary legal work including court appearances. Contact us to find out more about how we can help you with the stepparent adoption process.
Domestic Partner Adoption: We can assist if you would like to legally adopt your domestic partner's child or children after you register. As in stepparent adoption, we terminate the legal parents' right, if necessary, coordinate the social worker and home study and complete all necessary legal work including court appearances. Click here to find out more about how we can help you with the domestic partner adoption process. California’s recent Proposition 8 (Prop 8) against same-gender marriage has no effect on this process, and our office is highly experienced in this area and prepared to discuss developments in this area with you in detail.
Adult Adoption: California law provides that an adult can legally adopt another adult in certain circumstances. The adoptee's parents' rights do not need to be terminated. Often people choose to adopt an adult stepchild (over 18) because it is an easier process than the stepparent adoption of a minor, or a relative or someone close to them either for emotional or inheritance purposes.
Relative Adoption: We can help you to legally adopt a relative who is a minor. We terminate the legal parents' rights, coordinate the social worker and home study and complete all necessary legal work including court appearances.
Re-adoption of Foreign Adoptions: We can assist you with filing your adoption papers in California to get an American adoption decree and birth certificate and ensuring California jurisdiction for your adoption.
Guardianship: We can assist you with becoming the legal guardian of a minor. We will coordinate with the court or probate investigator and complete all necessary legal work, including court appearances.
For more details about these services or to speak to an experienced adoption attorney, please call our San Francisco office toll free at 1-800-U-ADOPT-US (1-800-823-6788) or e-mail adamsromer@aol.com. We have been building loving families through adoption for more than 60 years.
