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  • Ralph A. Cantafio
  • Rick Eddington
  • Mark J. Fischer
  • Reed F. Morris
  • Elizabeth Wittemyer
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Whether adopting a child or placing a child for adoption, the legal process can be very complicated legally and emotionally. Adoptive parents may require assistance negotiating a contract with an adoption agency; they may have questions about the information they receive from the agency; they may want to negotiate an open adoption agreement; or there may be post-adoption legal problems that must be addressed.

Birth parents may have legal questions about validity of the surrender they signed or the open adoption agreement they want to arrange.

Parents that have remarried also might want or need to consider issues as to having their children adopted by a current spouse or a step-parent adoption.

Litigation in adoption and child custody matters can become very complex and protracted. These cases raise difficult issues of law and child development.

The successful negotiation and litigation of these cases requires attorneys who are familiar with the constantly changing legal issues as well as the difficult developmental and psychological issues raised whenever the courts or parents are considering the best interests of the child.

Mark J. Fischer, Esq. and Jay M. Cranmer, Esq. provide a well blended professional skill and sensitivity to their handling of these types of cases. After all, successful representation in these cases requires more than an understanding of the law, it requires an understanding of people.