Pennsylvania Law Firm Helping Clients With Adoptions
If you have done any research on your own about adopting a child, you probably already know how complex the process can be on the legal side of things. Perhaps the most important thing you can do to ensure your adoption goes smoothly is to contact an experienced attorney to help you through the process.
At Schemery Zicolello, we take all types of adoption matters for clients throughout central Pennsylvania, including Williamsport. Adoption attorneys from our firm take a personalized, detail-oriented approach. We will handle the legal aspects of your adoption so you can focus on your family.
We have been helping people through difficult times since 1996. Our lawyers know that adoption can be a great blessing to a family, but it can also be an extremely challenging process. We are here to help you through that process to increase your family joy through adoption.
Family Law Lawyers
In Pennsylvania, a grandparent has the legal right to seek visitation of a grandchild if it is determined that it is in the child’s best interest. Oftentimes, however, when an adoption takes place or separation occurs, the grandparent’s rights to see their grandchild can be dismissed, even in cases where the mother remarries and her new husband adopts the child.
Our lawyers handle adoption matters that include:
- Standard adoptions: We help clients with all types of standard adoptions, including adoptions from individual parties, state and county adoptions from foster care and other adoption scenarios.
- Stepparent adoptions: Our stepparent adoption practice includes all notification requirements, termination of birth parent rights and other family law aspects of stepparent adoptions.
- Same-sex adoptions: With recent changes in federal law, same-sex couples have the same rights to adoption as traditional couples. Our attorneys will help you through the process and make sure your rights are protected.
- International adoptions: We can help you through the various challenges involved with adoption of a child from another country.
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Call us today at 570-321-7554 or contact us online to discuss your adoption goals.
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Master’s Decision
Obtained a Master’s decision while representing Husband which denied Wife spousal support due to infidelity and indignities.
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Obtained an overturned finding of child abuse and expungement of said child abuse from the Department of Human Services in an appeal while representing a Mother who administered corporal punishment. Mother’s employment and career was directly impacted by finding of child abuse until expungement was obtained.
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Represented Wife in divorce and wherein Husband claimed over $24,000 in marital home damages by Wife. Following a Trial wherein we convinced the Court of the baselessness of Husband’s claims, Husband was awarded only $442.
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Filed a Petition in court on behalf of a Father whose ex-wife was attempting to move with their child to another State. After a hearing obtained a trial court decision which prevented Mother from relocating with their child to another State.
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Mother receives primary custody of children after custody trial in Union County. Mother filed to modify a joint custody order by requesting primary custody of her two children. Father also filed asking for primary custody. After a hearing, the Judge found Father to be unstable and resentful against Mother. The Judge granted Mother primary custody […]
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Lawyer negotiates $50,000 lump sum alimony payment to Wife despite claim of adultery during marriage in contentious divorce case. Wife received lump sum payment of alimony in addition to fifty percent of the marital assets after aggressive negotiations of a Marital Settlement Agreement. Husband refused to pay alimony on the grounds that Wife committed adultery. […]
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Man granted joint custody of non-biological child in Centre County. Despite having no biological connection to the child, he was granted joint physical and legal custody. The court found that since he raised the child since birth and raised the child as his own, he had the right to request the same custody as a […]
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Mother successfully terminates Father’s parental rights after hearing. Mother successful terminated the parental rights of the child’s birth father after a hearing in Luzerne County. The court found that Father’s lack of involvement with the child showed a settled purpose to abandon his parental duties. The child was then successfully adopted by Mother’s husband.
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Grandparent successfully adopts grandchild. The Lycoming County court approved a Petition by the Grandmother to adopt two of her grandchildren. The court found that the Grandmother was like another mother to the children and that the adoption was in the children’s best interests.
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Mother successfully fights Petition to Home School child. After a hearing, the Lycoming County court agreed with Mother that home schooling was inappropriate despite Father’s insistence that Home Schooling would increase his bond with the child and the child’s spiritual faith.
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Father saves $150,000 in child support. The court in Clinton County upheld a provision in a Marital Settlement Agreement granting Father a $150,000 credit towards his child support obligation. Mother appealed the decision to the Superior Court claiming the credit was not valid and Father should pay thousands of dollars in support each month. The […]
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