Post by officerofthelaw on Mar 30, 2015 7:09:09 GMT -5
I just thought I would pass along some 2nd parent adoption information. We were able to find an attorney in Austin Texas that specializes in same-sex adoption and we are starting the process next week. What she does is gets all the paperwork ready for filing while you are pregnant and right when the baby is born, she files the paperwork. we live in Fort Worth so she does over the phone appts. with us and we only have to go to Austin once and that is when the hearing takes place (after the baby). The best part about it is that she only charges based off your joint income. We only have one income and she only charged us $1500.00 for the entire process. She really feels like having the second parent adoption is important so that is why she does the sliding scale for income. I just wanted to put this information out there so that if there were any other Texans needing this done, they had the information. I researched a lot of attorney's before we chose her and she is phenomenal. 2nd parent adoption was extremely important to us because if I were to get killed in the line of duty, Kris would get to continue to care for our child. Plus she is able to make all the same decisions I can in regards to our child. Plus if we ever split up (hopefully not) she would have joint rights and that protects her. Anyways if you want the attorney's information feel free to ask and I will get it to you:)
Have a great day!
