Highlights of My Practice:
• Full-service representation in all types of adoption and assisted reproductive technology (ARTs) cases.
• Careful explanation of the legal process you are about to undertake: your rights, available choices, anticipated costs, and what to expect at each step.
• Treating each client with kindness, dignity and respect, offering you the opportunity to speak openly without being judged.
• Maintaining strict ethical standards and preserving your confidentiality.
• Recognizing each case is unique and tailoring our services to your particular situation, while making sure all legal requirements are met, whether you are seeking to adopt, placing a child for adoption, or are in a surrogate or gestational carrier relationship.
• A willingness to answer your questions, even the hard ones.
• Referrals to experienced professionals for home studies, counseling, support groups, and health care needs.
• Permissible expenses billed through this office, itemized for our clients, and submitted to the court for approval as required, to ensure that only lawful expenses are paid, preventing later challenges to the adoption or surrogacy.
• Facilitation of post-placement contact between birthparents and adoptive parents, or surrogate/gestational carrier and intended parents, if desired.
• Extensive experience in both Michigan and interstate cases. As a Fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, I have a strong network of the top adoption and ARTs experts throughout the U.S. and Canada.