Lynette Boggs-Perez | Must Know Before Choosing Adoption Attorney

1
4 Things You Must Know Before Choosing Adoption
Attorney
2

• Adopting a child is a wonderful way to expand
  your family! However, it is not a simple process
  at all. The process of adopting a child is a
  legal process. Therefore, you need to hire an
  adoption attorney who can help you with all state
  laws and regulations. Additionally, an attorney
  in the adoption process helps in finalizing the
  parent-child relationship through the court.

3
Experience

• The most important thing to consider while
  choosing an adoption attorney is experience. An
  adoption is a lawsuit that is asking the court to
  give someone legal standing as if they were the
  biological parents of that child or sibling
  group. Not all lawyers are experienced in the
  requirements found in the Texas Family Code. It
  is imperative that you find an attorney who is
  experienced in these matters. Lynette
  Boggs-Perez is such an attorney and was involved
  in the adoption of 30 children into their forever
  homes in 2018.

4
Asking Questioning and Getting Answers

• An attorney with a good amount of experience can
  help you in resolving your questions about
  adoption to a great extent. No matter how many
  questions you have in your mind, an attorney like
  Lynette Boggs-Perez not only has answers to your
  questions, but she is very skilled in answering
  them in a way that you can understand. She has
  worked with stepparents, grandparents and fictive
  kin in adopting children. She is experienced in
  adoptions through the Child Protective Services
  (CPS) system as well as private adoptions.

5
Who Is Leading Your Case?

• One question you should ask your lawyer is Who
  is in the law firm is leading your case? Clarify
  if you directly working with your lawyer or her
  associate or partner. Because in many cases a law
  firm assigns a case of their client to
  partner/associate or office staff member. Knowing
  everything including who is overseeing your
  adoption will surely make the process easier.

6
Expenses For The Adoption

• Do you have any idea regarding the costs of the
  adoption? When choosing your adoption attorney,
  you should have confidence that you are being
  provided full information. In Texas, for
  example, adoptions require a social study. That
  means that unless you are adopting through CPS,
  you will be paying a social worker to prepare
  this required document. Also, you must ask your
  lawyer about their hourly fee as well as the fees
  for law firm staff to insure there are no hidden
  charges. Whether they charge a consultation fee,
  a set rate or bill per the hour, you should know
  it clearly. And do not forget to make an
  estimated adoption budget before starting the
  adoption.

7
Final Thoughts

• These are a few tips experienced adoption
  attorney Lynette Boggs-Perez suggests. For more
  information on adoptions, contact the law office
  at 210-468-0404 or visit her website at
  lynetteboggs.com.

8
(No Transcript)