Practice Area
Adoption & Foster Parent Rights
A premier New Mexico adoption practice for every kind of family.
One of New Mexico's most experienced adoption practices
Adoption is one of the cornerstone practices of Peak Legal Group. Our team has guided thousands of families through private, agency, interstate, stepparent, family, LGBTQ, international, and Indian Child Welfare Act adoptions. We represent birth parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, and adult adoptees with the same commitment to careful, compassionate work.
As a fellow with the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, our founding attorney brings national-level experience and a deep network of colleagues to every case we handle.
Sensitive to the people behind every adoption
Adoption law requires sensitivity to the emotions, the people, and the relationships at the heart of each case. Our office treats everyone involved with respect and dignity, keeping the best interest of the child at the center of every decision.
Whether you are exploring an adoption for the first time or facing a contested case that has already begun, our team will help you understand your options, your rights, and the road ahead.
Areas of Practice
Adoption — Areas of Practice
Explore the focused adoption services Peak Legal Group provides for New Mexico families.
Private Adoption
Independent and agency adoptions handled with care for both adoptive parents and birth parents.
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Helping home-study approved families adopt children in the custody of New Mexico's Children, Youth and Families Department.
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Interstate adoptions handled by an attorney with deep ICPC experience and a national network of co-counsel.
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Drafting and negotiating legally enforceable open adoption agreements between birth and adoptive families.
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Helping stepparents permanently join the legal family — including in contested cases.
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Adoptions by grandparents and other close relatives — most uncontested, some hard-fought.
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Trial-tested adoption attorneys representing parents and adoptive families when an adoption is contested.
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Full adoption services for LGBTQ families building the lives they have always envisioned.
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Adoptions of adult adoptees under New Mexico's separate adult adoption statute — for sentimental and inheritance reasons alike.
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Carefully handled adoptions involving the Indian Child Welfare Act — a complex and consequential area of federal law.
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Standing with foster parents who need experienced legal advocacy inside the CYFD system.
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