Category:Psychological Impact

Explore the emotional effects of surrogacy and adoption on parents and children.

Q&A With Intended Parents

Post author By Joy Turner
Post date March 3, 2020

A family of three seen from behind walks barefoot on a grassy path. The child in the middle, wearing a red dress, holds hands with an adult on each side. The adult on the left wears a floral outfit, while the one on the right wears a blue shirt and shorts. Trees and playground equipment are in the background. Featured on the Thompson Dove Law Group website which specializes in adoptions, matters of assisted reproduction, and surrogacy programs.

We asked Julie to share some of her experience choosing our firm to help grow her family through surrogacy. Some of her answers are visible on our Instagram account (@tdlawgroup) and the rest you can read here. Thank you, Julie, for sharing your story. 1. What led you to pursue using a gestational carrier to grow […]

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Back to Basics After Adoption

Post author By Lauren D
Post date September 1, 2016

When an adoption is finalized, the papers signed and your little one finally home with you, you will likely experience a flood of emotions: joy, relief, love, gratitude, awe. But in addition to these wonderful feelings, you may also experience feelings of sadness, which confuses many adoptive parents. You made it through the hard part […]

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Thompson Dove Law Group

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Are you considering adoption from foster care?⁣⁣⁣⁣Our law firm is privileged to represent many foster parents in their desire to advocate for a child's best interest. In most circumstances, foster parents have the statutory right to bring an action for termination of parental rights against the birth parents. Typically, foster parents may also bring a motion for intervention in the underlying DSS abuse and neglect case, or may also seek to consolidate their own TPR case with that of the Department of Social Services' case for TPR. ⁣⁣Each of these decisions requires a fact specific and legally nuanced understanding of the particular case.⁣⁣When our law firm is retained to represent adopting parents in a contested TPR/Adoption case, among our first steps is to seek a discovery order, whereby we are entitled to review the Department of Social Service' file, issue subpoenas and take depositions of the parties to the case. It is through this discovery process that we can best be prepared for a contested trial regarding termination of parental rights or to better inform the foster parents of their case.⁣ #fostercare #fostercareadoption #adoptionfromfostercare #fostertoadopt #fostercare #adoptionattorney #familylaw ... See MoreSee Less

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