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Mississippi Adoption Lawyer

People enter into adoptions at many different stages in their lives. For some people, adoption is a rewarding, happy moment. For others, it can be painful, marking the end to relationships. Regardless of the circumstances involved, adoption often provides new beginnings to a child in need. Our law firm is proud to help families through this sensitive time. For assistance from an experienced Mississippi adoption attorney, contact the law office of Sam Brand, Jr. today.

Attorney Sam Brand has more than 20 years of experience representing clients in complex family members, such as adoption. Our firm helps clients with all types of contested and uncontested adoptions, including:

• Family adoptions: Occasionally, parents are incapable of providing the nurturing support and stability that a child needs. This is often the case when a parent is incarcerated, has a mental illness or has a chemical dependency problem. However, a family member, such as an aunt, grandparent or other third party is willing and capable to provide the support the child needs. We help clients involved in third party family adoptions, such as grandparent adoptions.
• Step-parent adoptions: When a custodial parent remarries and the biological non-custodial parent is no longer involved in the child's life, it is common for the new step-parent to adopt the child as his/her own. This provides legal inheritance rights, insurance rights and other rights to the child.
• Closed adoptions: Young parents often choose to waive their parental rights in order to preserve the best interests of their child and provide the best opportunities possible. We help clients navigate the closed adoption process, including international adoptions.

When guiding clients through the adoption process, there are often other legal matters which need to be addressed, such as abandonment or the termination of the biological parent's rights. In other instances, it is necessary to establish a conservatorship so that a grandparent, or other individual caring for the child, may have legal rights and obligations until the adoption is complete. We are experienced helping clients with these issues and all other matters in adoptions.

We're here to help.

If you would like to schedule a free initial consultation to discuss your rights, the adoption process or your specific situation, contact adoption attorney Sam Brand at our Jackson, Mississippi, law office.