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Is adoption your specialty?
If not what kind of law do you mainly practice?
How many adoptions have you done? How many this year? How many of the type of child youa re searching for?
What kind of adoption resources do they have: counselors, maternity homes, SW, Dr (who take Medicaid) hospital SW, Adoption Service Providers (in state where they are needed) Do you know the people at the Sate ICPC office?
What is the law in your state? How do we move thru the process? How do you handle birth father's rights?
Have you ever had a contested adoptions? What were the circumstannces? How was it resolved?
Do you litigate? If not who is you litigator?
What is your fee structure? What do you charge and how is it billed: hourly or flat fee? What is included? Do your fees roll over if a situation does not work out?
Do you network or do any screening of birth parents? What kind of network do you have? How long does it usually take you to find the kind of child we are looking for?
Ask about their basic philosophy on adoption, how they feel about famiies like yours, what kind of relationships do they have with birth parents. (we ened up choosing one Attorney becasue of his gentle calm manner with birth parents. He made them feel comfortable but was also very honest with them and VERY ethical)
That is all I can t hink of right now.
lisa
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