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Adult adoption is a very straight-forward process in California and a good solution to several common family situations. Sometimes, a stepparent wishes to formalize a stepparent-child relationship, even though the child is no longer a child. Our office regularly...

“Race matters in adoption because race matters in America.” ---Twila L. Perry As a white mom with two black kids, I reluctantly agree with that statement. I’d prefer it not to be true and frankly, living in a mixed, working class neighborhood in Los Angeles, haven’t...

As an attorney who focuses her practice on adoption law and a mother of six, including two adopted children, it can be hard to talk about the challenges that sometimes arise in a foster adoption or international adoption. On the one hand, not talking about the ongoing...

Any way you look at it, the number of children in Los Angeles County without a stable home to call their own is staggering. The foster care program serves nearly 30,000 youth in Los Angeles County alone, and many of those youth face incredible challenges in getting...