If you have retained an agency to help you with the adoption of a child, you may believe that you do not need legal counsel. Though the agency can streamline the process of finding a child and will help you complete the home study, you still need legal counsel to protect your interests.
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At the Law Office of Cofsky & Zeidman, LLC, our attorneys have protected the rights of parents in New and Pennsylvania for more than 30 years. Attorney Donald C. Cofsky*, a member of the bar since 1974, has personally been legal counsel on over 1,500 adoptions.
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A private adoption proceeding offers a number of advantages. In a private adoption, you will typically work face to face with the birth mother or birth parents without an intermediary. A private adoption can also be arranged by a private intermediary.
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Mr. Cofsky’s areas of concentration are family formation through adoption and assisted reproduction law, and real estate law. He is also an experienced trial attorney having participated in many arbitration proceedings as well as jury trials. He also represents families in contested adoption matters.
DONALD C. COFSKY
A private adoption proceeding offers a number of advantages. In a private adoption, you will typically work face to face with the birth mother or birth parents without an intermediary.
If you have retained an agency to help you with the adoption of a child, you may believe that you do not need legal counsel. Though the agency can streamline the process of finding a child and will help …
If you have children and have remarried, there may be significant benefits to having your children legally adopted by their stepparent. Legal adoption may be necessary to make your children eligible for certain …
When a birth parent contests an adoption, the legal process becomes significantly more complex. Adoption is designed to create a secure, permanent bond between adoptive parents and a child, but that process requires the termination of the birth parents’ legal rights. In most adoptions, this termination occurs voluntarily and early in the process. However, in […]
...Read MoreFor adoptive parents, having access to a child’s medical history can make an enormous difference in planning care, supporting development, and protecting long-term health. Yet many children enter adoption with incomplete or missing medical records. This is especially true in cases of international adoption, foster care adoption, or situations where birth parents cannot provide details. […]
...Read MoreAdoption is rarely confined to state borders. Many families find themselves matched with birth parents or children living in another part of the country. While the decision to adopt across state lines can create beautiful opportunities, it also introduces an additional layer of legal complexity. That complexity is governed by the Interstate Compact on the […]
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