Adoption

Orange County Private Adoption Attorneys

If you are considering adopting a child, our experienced Southern California adoption attorneys can advise and represent you through all stages of the process, including the initial home-study, the adoption search process, the legal steps to complete the adoption and documenting the terms of an open adoption agreement with the birthmother.  For additional information, contact a Schmiesing Blied Stoddart & Mackey adoption lawyer at any of our three offices.

If you are faced with an unplanned pregnancy and are considering your parenting options, including adoption, we can serve as a resource.  We have over 25 years of experience in assisting with all aspects of open adoption placements.  See our adoption website or contact us via phone or email for more information about the open adoption process.

Orange County adoption attorneys Tim Blied and Ron Stoddart between them have helped more than 5, 000 families and birthparents complete the adoption process.  Tim Blied is a member of the prestigious American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and the Academy of California Adoption Lawyers.  Ron Stoddart is the Executive Director of Nightlight Christian Adoptions, an agency that is licensed to handle international adoptions as well as U.S. adoptions.

We emphasize education and counseling for both the birth mother and the adoptive parents, and use our best efforts to make sure that everyone understands the importance of their decision and its long-term consequences. We have found over the years that open adoption gives birth mothers a wonderful opportunity to find a loving home for their child, in appropriate cases, while maintaining a mutually agreed upon relationship with the adoptive family on an ongoing basis.

We handle both independent and agency adoptions, working with adoptive parents and birthparents located throughout the United States. We strongly encourage prospective adopting parents to obtain a pre-placement adoption homestudy through a licensed adoption agency and regularly partner with adoption agencies to navigate the legal and practical steps involved in successfully completing an adoption.

Our Southern California adoption lawyers also assist with grandparent adoptions and stepparent adoptions.  For additional information about the range of our experience in different kinds of adoptions, contact us at any of our offices.

The Orange County estate planning and probate attorneys at Schmiesing Blied Stoddart & Mackey, LLP represent clients with wills and trusts, charitable trusts and gifts, probate and trust administration, business formation and transactions, real estate, and adoptions. Our Southern California probate administration lawyers serve clients in Orange County, Riverside County, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, Anaheim, Irvine, Fullerton, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Yorba Linda, Mission Viejo, Brea, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, other Inland Empire communities, and the Coachella Valley.