Virginia Beach Adoption Attorney

An adoption can be an event of great joy and hope. An experienced adoption attorney can help you avoid legal complications and serve to ensure that the adoption is accomplished in an efficient manner.

Barnes & Garrett has successfully represented many clients in adoption matters. We take great professional and personal satisfaction in this aspect of our practice. Our firm facilitates all types of adoptions, including:

Step-parent adoptions
Parental placement (private) adoptions
Grandparent adoptions
Close Relative Adoptions

Call us at 757-422-4646 or send us an e-mail to arrange for a consultation. We want to help you achieve your adoption goal.

Help From Start to Finish

The step-parent adoption is the most common type of adoption our firm handles. In most situations, these can be accomplished in an efficient and orderly manner. Barnes & Garrett has the knowledge and expertise, and can provide all of the legal services needed to realize your adoption from start to finish, including a name change for the adoptee.

Complications ensue however, when a natural parent objects to an adoption. We can examine the circumstances of the matter, discuss what needs to be done, and if necessary, litigate assertively to achieve your goal.

The Private Placement Adoption

Barnes & Garrett also handles a growing number of private placement adoptions. In these cases, we generally represent the adopting parents. It is important for a birth mother to understand her rights and the legal implications of giving up her child, and we can advise women in this situation too.

When representing the adopting parents, our firm can draft an entrustment agreement and seek a court hearing on an expedited basis to accomplish the adoption in a timely manner.

Your family's future is important to us. Barnes & Garrett will do everything possible to help you accomplish a successful adoption.

For a consultation with an adoption lawyer at Barnes & Garrett call 757-422-4646 or send us an e-mail. We serve clients in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and throughout eastern Virginia.

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