Shorstein & Kelly, attorneys at law, Florida adoption legal services, adoption services

Shorstein & Kelly offers our complete, comprehensive & individual adoption services to birth mothers and adoptive parents in a professional, caring & supportive manner.

Shorstein & Kelly provides assistance, legal advice, and representation for identified, interstate, and family adoptions. We locate and match expectant mothers who are interested in placing their child into a quality, loving family environment with adoptive parents.

Shorstein & Kelly assists expectant mothers with obtaining appropriate prenatal care and counseling services and prepares both parties for the adoption experience. Our success depends on our ability to educate birth mothers and adoptive parents on the adoption process.

Our Adoption Services Include:

Identifying and assisting birth mothers

Assistance in matching birth mothers with qualified adoptive parents

Implementation and completion of successful adoption plans in which adoptive parents are already matched with a birth mother (identified adoptions)

Providing birth mothers with adoptive parent profiles which include pictures and background information about the adoptive family

Providing adoptive parents with the birth mother's background and medical Information

Obtaining the birth mother's prenatal records and forwarding them for review by a medical professional of the adoptive parents choice

Placement of the newborn child with adoptive parents upon discharge from the hospital

Complying with Interstate Compact requirements

(if adoptive parents or birth mother reside outside the State of Florida)

Providing all legal services necessary to terminate the parental rights of the birth parents and finalization of the adoption by a Florida Court

(Adoptive parents living outside of the state of Florida are not usually required to return to Florida for the adoption finalization hearing)

Our Specialized Areas Of Practice Include:

Matching and Placement Services

Our law firm provides assistance with the matching of birth mothers and adoptive parents.

Identified Adoptions

We have developed proven methods and practices which assist in the implementation and completion of successful adoption plans in which adoptive parents are already matched with a birth mother.

Interstate Adoptions

If either the birth mother or the adoptive parent(s) reside outside of the state of Florida, we comply with all requirements of the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC).
We have completed hundreds of interstate adoptions.

Family Adoptions

We also specialize in adoptions that may involve a stepchild, relative or other family member (as defined by law).

"The Florida Adoption Professionals"

OFFERING SERVICES STATEWIDE

Offices in Jacksonville and Daytona Beach

CALL TOLL FREE: 1 - 888 - 41ADOPT

JACKSONVILLE: 904 - 348 - 6400 DAYTONA BEACH: 386 - 673 - 1234

MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 10007 Jacksonville, Florida 32247

E-MAIL: Adoption@ShorsteinKelly.com

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