[The Nan Tiernan Law Firm, P.L.C.
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Attorney and Counselor at Law
The Nan Tiernan Law Firm, P.L.C.
ADOPTION
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QUESTIONS AND
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Des Moines Family Law
Nan Tiernan vigorously pursues your case, working for you from your point of view. The Nan Tiernan Law Firm has taken care of hundreds of family law cases across Iowa State for the past 14 years, including step parent adoptions, interstate adoptions, and adoption from surrogate parents.
Nan Tiernan works in the Des Moines area and appears in court in the surrounding counties:
Polk, Warren, Dallas, Story, Madison, Boone, Marion, Jasper, and Clarke counties; this includes Des Moines, West Des Moines, Urbandale, Clive, Johnston, Altoona, Ankeny, Boone, Ames, Knoxville, Winterset, Waukee, Adel, Newton, Osceola, and all the little towns between.
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[Hello! My name is Brenda.
I currently live in Texas will be moving back to Arkansas in a few months. My husband and I have been approved for adoption, with a completed home study, through an agency in California. Recently there has been some discussion with my sister concerning the possibility of her and her boyfriend having a baby and adopting it to us. I am looking for legal guidance and most likely further representation. This would be an open uncontested adoption. Curious as to the fees and if there is anything special outside of paperwork that both parties would need to complete. Thanks for you assistance.
ANSWER
Hi Brenda-- In order for me to represent you or your brother and his girl friend in Court, the Courts, (for Termination of Parental Rights of the Birth Parents and for the Adoption), must be located in either the birth mother's state or the adoptive parents' state and be represented by a lawyer licensed in that state.....family law is totally a state specific thing, and each state has their own rules that are slightly different from other states' rules. But here is a broad overview:
I currently live in Texas will be moving back to Arkansas in a few months. My husband and I have been approved for adoption, with a completed home study, through an agency in California. Recently there has been some discussion with my sister concerning the possibility of her and her boyfriend having a baby and adopting it to us. I am looking for legal guidance and most likely further representation. This would be an open uncontested adoption. Curious as to the fees and if there is anything special outside of paperwork that both parties would need to complete. Thanks for you assistance.
ANSWER
Hi Brenda-- In order for me to represent you or your brother and his girl friend in Court, the Courts, (for Termination of Parental Rights of the Birth Parents and for the Adoption), must be located in either the birth mother's state or the adoptive parents' state and be represented by a lawyer licensed in that state.....family law is totally a state specific thing, and each state has their own rules that are slightly different from other states' rules. But here is a broad overview:
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