Adoption Attorney in Bowling Green, KY – Helping Families Grow

Adoption is one of the most rewarding parts of family law. Reed Law Group is proud to help families formalize their bonds and expand with confidence. Whether you're a step-parent, grandparent, or exploring child-service involved adoption, we provide steady legal guidance rooted in experience and care.

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Types of Adoptions We Handle

  • Step-Parent Adoption: Supporting spouses ready to become legal parents. We manage the paperwork, consents, and hearings needed to complete the process.

  • Relative & Grandparent Adoption: Assisting extended family members who step up when children need stability and care.
    
  • Foster-to-Adopt (if applicable): Finalizing the legal adoption of a child after fostering, in coordination with Kentucky child services.
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Consent & Termination of Parental Rights

When a biological parent is no longer involved, the court can terminate their parental rights in certain circumstances, such as if they've if they’ve abandoned the child or are deemed unfit. We guide you through this sensitive process with compassion and precision, helping you move forward legally and emotionally. And, where possible, we help explore and arrange for voluntary consent to adoption when that is an option.

Kentucky Adoption Process

Each adoption has unique steps, but the general process includes:

  • Filing a petition for adoption

  • Terminating the noncustodial parent's rights (if needed)

  • Gathering consents or proving abandonment

  • Home study for certain non-relative adoptions

  • Court hearing to finalize adoption


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Legal Guardianship Support

If full adoption isn’t the right option, Reed Law Group also assists with legal guardianship of minors—allowing a grandparent, aunt, or family friend to step in and make decisions for the child. This is often a good solution when biological parents are temporarily unable to parent.

Common Questions

FAQs – Adoption in Kentucky

  • How quickly can I get an EPO?

    Often the same day you file.

  • Do I need evidence?

    It helps. Photos, police reports, texts, and witness statements can support your case.

  • Will the order force them to move out?

    Usually, yes. While home studies are more common for private or agency placements, Kentucky law will likely require a home study even in a step-parent adoption where consent of the other parent is given.

  • What if they violate the order?

    Violation of a Kentucky EPO/DVO is a criminal offense (misdemeanor), meaning a violator is subject to immediate arrest. As an alternative, a protected party can seek to have the violator held in contempt of court.