Adoption & Guardianship
Fort Worth, Texas Adoption Lawyers
Our law firm helps new families come together through our adoption and guardianship services. Whether you are a step-parent who wants to adopt your spouse's child or a grandparent who wants to establish legal guardianship of your grandchild, The Carroll Law Firm, P.C., can provide the assistance you need.
Do you have questions about adoption or legal guardianship? Call our firm at 817-422-5390 or toll free at 888-866-5934 to schedule your free initial consultation. You may also contact us online and someone from our firm will be in touch with you promptly.
Adoption
Attorney Nicole Carroll helps new parents facilitate many types of adoptions such as the following:
- Step-parent adoption: Our firm handles all paperwork and legal processes involved in stepparent adoption. Before a step-parent can adopt, the absent parent must terminate his or her parental rights. We can handle the appropriate proceedings for termination of parental rights.
- Relative adoption: There may be situations when relatives such as aunts, uncles and grandparents want to adopt a child. These situations can arise when a parent has died, or when the child has been the victim of abuse or neglect.
- Private adoption: We handle adoptions for couples looking to adopt a child domestically or internationally. The process can be complex, and we have helped many couples realize their dreams through successful adoption.
- Open adoption: We handle open adoptions where the birth mother and adoptive parents maintain communication regarding the child.
Guardianship
The Carroll Law Firm handles various legal matters on behalf of grandparents, other family members and even family friends. Often, guardianship matters arise in relation to grandparents' rights issues. A grandparent may be named the legal guardian of the child if the parent is absent or has other problems that prevent the parent from caring appropriately for the child.
Whether you are blending two families together or want to establish legal guardianship of a youngster in your life, our firm can help. Contact us today to schedule your free initial consultation.
