Round Rock Adoption Lawyers
Last updated on May 28, 2025
Judges love adoptions. This is one of the few legal matters wherein a family court judge may be able to participate in a happy event in a child’s life instead of presiding over contested cases. Adoptions involve a responsible adult stepping forward to assume the care of a child and even sometimes establishing a parent-child relationship with another adult.
At Izzo & Associates, PLLC, we are proud to help clients in Round Rock and across Texas build their families. We know how complicated the process can be, and we are here to make things simple for you and your family.
Types Of Adoption We Handle
Our attorneys provide comprehensive services for adoption cases in Round Rock and throughout Texas:
- Stepparent adoption: The most common, where a stepparent seeks to legally adopt their spouse’s child, creating a permanent family bond and establishing parental rights
- Adult adoption: Legal process allowing an adult to adopt another adult, often used to formalize existing parent-child relationships or for inheritance and legal benefit purposes
- Private/independent adoption: Direct placement adoptions where birth parents work with prospective adoptive parents through an intermediary, requiring extensive legal documentation
- Agency adoption: Adoptions facilitated through licensed agencies that have custody of children and work to place them with approved families
- Foster care adoption: Adoption of children currently in the Texas foster care system, whose biological parents’ rights have been terminated by the state
- International adoption: Complex adoptions involving children from other countries, requiring compliance with both Texas law and international adoption treaties
Each type has unique legal requirements and procedures that our experienced team can navigate effectively for your family.
The Adoption Process In Texas
The adoption process in Texas involves several important steps that must be completed to legally establish the parent-child relationship.
- Initial consultation: Assess your case and file appropriate pleadings to request adoption
- Home study: Court-required evaluation to make sure the home is fit for the child’s upbringing
- Background checks: Criminal background checks are required for prospective adoptive parents
- Guardian ad litem: The Court may appoint someone to represent the child’s best interests
- Final hearing: Once ad litem findings are reported and the home study submitted, adoption is officially recognized
- Legal completion: Child’s birth certificate is changed, records are sealed and the child’s name can be changed
Our team guides you through each phase to make the process as straightforward as possible.
Why Choose Izzo & Associates, PLLC, For Your Texas Adoption
Our Round Rock lawyers bring unique advantages to adoption cases. With our years of experience in Texas family law, we understand the emotional and legal complexities involved in building families through adoption. We provide personalized attention, recognizing that every adoption situation is unique and requires tailored legal strategies.
Termination Of Parental Rights In Texas
If a biological parent petitions the court to have their child adopted by their spouse and the child’s other biological parent agrees to have their rights terminated, for the adoption to occur, we must first draft and have an affidavit for voluntary relinquishment of parental rights executed. The appropriate time period must then expire before an adoption proceeding may take place.
Some biological parents are absent from a child’s life or fail to take visitations or pay child support for the benefit of their child. In some of these cases, the nonparticipatory biological parent will agree to terminate his or her parental rights, smoothing the way for the adoption process. In other cases, nonparticipating biological parents contest our client’s motion to have their rights terminated, even though they don’t pay child support, or do not participate in their child’s life, merely because they do not like the concept of a stepparent taking their place. These scenarios have placed our clients in the position of attempting involuntary terminations.
When an involuntary termination request is filed, a contested court hearing must be held, generally involving presenting witnesses and evidence to the court requesting that the involuntary termination be granted for just cause. These cases can be very tricky, and you must have an experienced Round family law attorney by your side to help you through the process.
Let Our Round Rock Adoption Lawyers Help Your Family
Contact us today if you want experienced and reliable guidance through your adoption needs. Call a lawyer you can count on at 512-547-6808 or email us here to schedule your initial consultation with a compassionate and committed team.