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FamilyBuilding Adoption Law Firm Anaheim California servicing all of California is an outgrowth of a commitment to helping children find stable, loving homes since Ted Youmans began his career in 1987. The Familybuilding Adoption Law Firm Anaheim California servicing all of California has grown and now includes several Familybuilding lawyers and staff who are passionate about restoring generational lines through all types of Adoption, Guardianship and Foster Care Cases.

FamilyBuilding law firm assists families across the State of California and handles interstate cases. Whether an adoption is being finalized in California or another state, Familybuilding is affiliated with other legal professionals and agencies throughout the United States to assist its clients with the very best and most effective representation available. If you live in California and have located an opportunity to adopt a child who is born or living in another state, Familybuilding Adoption Law Firm Anaheim California servicing all of California will collaborate with the very best, most effective and most reasonably priced lawyers and agencies in the other state to assist you in the best results possible. We work with other ethical adoption attorneys across the country through membership in the American Academy of Adoption and ART Attorneys, as well as the Academy of California Adoption and ART Attorneys.

The Familybuilding law firm strives to be the most knowledgeable, ethical and fair priced law firm possible. The cost of adoption and guardianship is one of the most significant fears our clients face. At Familybuilding you only pay for the essential legal work necessary for you to accomplish the best results. We do not want money to stand in the way of a child experiencing a loving, stable home and experiencing a fulfilled life. We find ways to make that end-game possible. We are honored to represent a family who wants to love a child and give them the very best opportunity to become everything the child was created to accomplish everything possible in their lives. The Familybuilding Law Firm educates its clients and encourages them to utilize the benefits of the Adoption Tax Credits to assist them financially in their goals to build a family. Familybuilding focuses its efforts on ways the child and family may obtain adoption subsidies for children who are born at risk of going into the dependency system or have a special need that would qualify the child for disability and therefore adoption subsidies. These benefits can be a very substantial monthly benefit to assist the child as they grow. As we say, “we don’t want green paper to stand in the way of generational restoration!”

At Familybuilding law firm, we train, research, and seek continuing and frequent legal education and wisdom to provide our clients with the highest ethics and best practices in adoption, guardianship and foster care cases. Ethics is the first and primary concern and is reflected in our initial case approach at the time of consultation, the development of next steps in your case, and the way we treat other parties and counsel. The State Bar demands that attorneys by civil to others in the legal system. The Familybuilding Adoption Law Firm Anaheim California servicing all of California takes this demand to another level. Not only do we endeavor to be civil, but we treat opponents with dignity , respect and honor.

Our client’s interests, concerns, fears and goals are our primary focus, while respecting any opposing view or interest. We make every effort to apply the Golden Rule in every case and treat others as we would wish to be treated if in their position. The Familybuilding Adoption Law Firm Anaheim California servicing all of California has built a reputation for zealous advocacy and knowledge of the law in adoption, guardianship and foster care cases, while respecting the interests and concerns of others. We understand and care about the generational impact our advocacy and approach to each case will have in your child’s life. We take this commitment seriously and work hard with our clients to see and appreciate the bigger picture of the adoption or guardianship.
Familybuilding’s approach in each case requires us to understand why the adoption, guardianship or foster care case came to be in the first place. We understand the case and client would not be seeking our assistance it there was not significant generational brokenness. We have embraced the sad reality that adoption, guardianship and foster care cases occur and require social service and judicial intervention because of addiction, abandonment, abuse and neglect. It is therefore incumbent upon us to help our clients embrace this truth, then develop and execute an approach that can effectively work with that birth parent, their counsel and the legal system. That approach is one that has been refined over the past three decades. It is an approach founded in wisdom, empathy and truth. And Familybuilding has found it is effective! How we treat birth parents and understand the generational reasons behind each adoption, guardianship and foster care case will directly impact the child’s life throughout their minority, adulthood, and manifest in the generations to come! Therefore, we take every case very seriously and develop an approach with those consequences in mind.

The specific types of cases the Familybuilding Adoption Law Firm Anaheim California servicing all of California, and throughout the state and country, relating to adoption, guardianship and adoption, include:

ADOPTION:

• Infant Adoption
• Agency Adoption
• Independent Adoption
• Interstate Adoption
• Guardianship to Adoption
• Adoption from Foster Care
• Adoption after Dependency Guardianship
• Stepparent Adoption
• Adult Adoption
• Re-Adoption of Foreign-born Child
• Disrupted Adoption
• Special needs Adoption
• Litigated Adoptions

GUARDIANSHIP:

• Relative Probate Guardianship
• Non-Relative Probate Guardianship
• Relative Dependency Guardianship
• Non-Relative Dependency Guardianship

FOSTER CARE:

• Non-Relative Foster to Guardianship
• Non-Relative Foster to Adoption
• Relative Foster to Guardianship
• Relative Foster to Adoption

There are also cases in which the Familybuilding law firm represents clients who have taken a child into their care without knowing if it will be a guardianship or adoption. We can utilize Powers of Attorney and other legal strategies to maintain stability for the child until a legal plan of guardianship or adoption can be developed.