Adoption Lawyers
Maria G. Lucarelli
partner
Stanleigh E. Palka
associate
Yaroslav O. Diduch
partner
Chelsey Gauthier
associate
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child from that person's biological or legal parent or parents, and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parent or parents. Unlike guardianship or other systems designed for the care of the young, adoption is intended to effect a permanent change in status and as such requires societal recognition, either through legal or religious sanction