We represent adoption agencies, adoptive parents, foster parents, birth parents, relatives and caregivers in all adoption-related matters, whether securing rights for same-sex parents, contested litigation, getting Florida birth certificates for foreign adoptions, or navigating ICPC.
We serve as appellate counsel in Florida's most contested family formation matters. Our practice combines dependency and family formation expertise with constitutional, administrative, and appellate law — a combination required to litigate effectively against state agencies. We embed with trial counsel statewide to preserve issues for appeal and develop the record.
We take a child-centered approach to help foster parents, relatives and non-relative caregivers provide safety and permanency to children. We also assist in subsidy negotiation, interventions, adoption dissolution, competing adoption applications and licensing disputes. Check out our detailed FAQs!
We represent parents reopening a DCF case to reunify with their children. We also represent permanent guardians and children who need the security and permanency of adoption.
When a parent is struggling, a temporary or concurrent custody plan may be in the best interests of the child.
We offer wise, calm, and trusted child advocacy in the most stressful of times.
We handle administrative legal challenges against DCF, including license issues, rule challenges, and abuse findings.
Not everyone is sure whether they need an attorney, especially in foster adoption. You might not, but you're better off making an informed decision sooner rather than later. We offer in-depth strategy sessions with prospective clients.
We answer the most frequently asked questions about foster adoption and DCF.
A list of reported appellate cases and rule challenges handled by the firm.
Foster adoption law constantly changes because of two powerful government entities--DCF and the GAL Office. We tell you the good, the bad, and the ugly from each legislative session.
Do you know the year of Florida's first documented adoption? The answer might surprise you.
Stuart Office:
1 SE Ocean Blvd.
Stuart, FL 34994
Fort Lauderdale office:
12 SE 7th St., Suite 820
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
