Helping Families Grow Through Adoption
At the Greenberg & Greenberg law firm in New York City, we have helped thousands of families through the adoption process. Our adoption attorneys take special care with each family to ensure that the adoption papers are complete.
Foster Care, Stepparent, Independent Adoption
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Our lead adoption attorney, Cliff Greenberg, gives lectures at adoption and foster care agencies throughout the New York City area and beyond. As a former Legal Aid lawyer for children and attorney for thousands of adoptive parents, he is well versed in the joys and concerns of adoption. Mr. Greenberg has also authored two children's books dealing with adoption and is currently working on a third.
- Foster care adoption: We have seen this beautiful situation many times — a foster care family and the children they are caring for realize they want to be a permanent family. Many foster children live with relatives and in non-kinship families and the foster parents will soon become their legal mom and dad. Our law firm can guide you through the adoption process, assuring that all legal requirements are met.
- Stepparent Adoption: Are you ready to adopt your spouse's biological child? There are important steps to get through, but when the process is complete, you will have the full rights and responsibilities of a parent.
- Re-adoption: Often in an international adoption, it is a good idea to go through a re-adoption process to ensure that the adoption is official in New York and the U.S.
- Second-parent adoption: Often in a same-sex domestic partnership, one parent is the biological parent. The other partner acts as the second parent, but an adoption will make the relationship official and protect the rights of the child and the adopting parent.
- Independent adoption: There are many decisions to be made in independent adoptions, by the adoptive parents and by the birth mother. We can help you understand all the options.
Because we care about the success of families, we believe that a divorce can be a success — if both spouses want the divorce to be in everyone's best interests. If you are interested in divorce mediation, contact a divorce mediation lawyer.
Attorney Cliff Greenberg has over 20 years of experience representing adoptive parents. Contact us for an appointment at the Greenberg & Greenberg law firm. We are ready to help you.
