Experienced Adoption Lawyers In Naperville
Last updated on May 1, 2025
Adoption is a joyful time for a family. It is also a time when many adoptive parents feel anxiety over whether everything will proceed as expected. What if the birth parent changes their mind about the adoption? Could they take the child back?
Whether you are a stepparent, foster parent or grandparent who wishes to adopt a child who is living with you, a same-sex couple who wishes to adopt, an unrelated adult or someone who is pursuing a private adoption with your spouse, our family law attorneys at Blacha Law Office, LLC, can guide you through the legal steps. They represent adoptive parents in the Naperville area who wish to move out of state as well.
Types Of Illinois Adoptions We Handle
At Blacha Law Office, LLC, we understand that every family and adoption is unique. We handle many types of adoptions in Illinois, including:
- Stepparent and grandparent adoption: This is when a stepparent legally adopts their spouse’s child, creating a permanent parental relationship. Additionally, a grandparent can step in to adopt their grandchild, often due to the biological parents being unable to care for the child.
- Adult adoption: It is the legal adoption of a person over the age of 18, often used to formalize a longstanding parental relationship.
- Related or relative adoption: This is adoption by other family members, such as siblings, aunts or uncles.
- Private agency adoption: This is adoption coordinated through a licensed adoption agency.
- Private or independent adoption: This is arranged directly between birth parents and adoptive parents, sometimes with attorney involvement.
- Foster care adoption: It is the adoption of a child in the foster system when reunification with biological parents is not possible.
No matter what path your adoption takes, we are committed to protecting your rights and supporting your growing family every step of the way.
What Is The Adoption Process In Illinois?
Adopting a child in Illinois involves several legal steps that help ensure the child’s best interests and the adoptive parent’s fitness.
- Termination of parental rights: Before an adoption can move forward, the legal rights of the child’s biological parent or parents must be fully and permanently terminated. It can happen voluntarily if the biological parents consent or involuntarily through a court process when it is deemed in the child’s best interest.
- Court proceedings: After parental rights have been terminated, the court actively oversees the adoption. The judge checks if the legal requirements are met and the adoption serves the child’s best interest.
- Home study and background check: In most cases, adoptive parents must complete a home study and pass a background check. However, these requirements may be waived for stepparent or relative adoptions.
- Legal finalization: At this stage, the judge will issue a final order of adoption. The order legalizes the relationship between the child and adoptive parent(s), granting full parental rights.
Adoption is both a legal process and an emotional one. Through the process of adoption, you will gain all the rights and responsibilities afforded to a biological parent, such as the right to raise a child and make decisions about the child’s education, religion, medical care and upbringing. Our team will handle the legal process so that you can concentrate on creating a loving home and positive future for your child.
How Our Naperville Adoptions Lawyers Can Help You
The adoption process can quickly become complicated. When you have so much at stake, you cannot take a chance on the future of your family. Our attorneys at Blacha Law Office, LLC, have decades of experience providing personalized and effective legal strategies to adoptive parents.
They know how overwhelming the legal process can be. When you work with them, you will always receive responsive and prompt service so that you never feel alone throughout the process.
Contact Our Adoption Attorneys Today
We offer a free consultation in which a member of our team can answer your questions about adoption. To discuss your adoption situation, call 630-283-1987 or email us to schedule a consultation at our Naperville law office. Some of our team members are also fluent in Polish.