Do All Estates in Illinois Have To Go Through Probate?
 Posted on September 16, 2025
 
How Can I Adopt My Stepchild Under Illinois Law?
 Posted on May 22, 2025
 
What Are the Pros and Cons of Open Adoption?
 Posted on April 22, 2024
 
What Should I Know Before Adopting a Stepchild in Illinois?
 Posted on March 28, 2024
 
Is There a Home Study in an Uncontested Adoption in Illinois? 
 Posted on February 29, 2024
 
How an Attorney Assists in Egg Donor Agreements in Illinois
 Posted on January 23, 2024
 
How a Lawyer Can Help You Through an Uncontested Adoption 
 Posted on December 12, 2023
 
Termination of Parental Rights in Illinois Adoption Cases
 Posted on June 08, 2023
 
What to Know About Pursuing Adoption in Illinois
 Posted on November 10, 2022
 
Can I Adopt My Stepchild in Illinois?
 Posted on July 14, 2021
 
Can I Legally Adopt an Adult in Illinois?
 Posted on October 26, 2020
 
What Is the Process for Adopting a Stepchild in Illinois?
 Posted on December 27, 2019
 
What Basic Rights Do Adoptive Parents Have in Illinois?
 Posted on September 13, 2019
 
Can I Get Financial Help With My Adoption?
 Posted on July 29, 2019
 
What is an Adoption Home Study and How Can I Prepare?
 Posted on June 15, 2019
 
How to Be a Stepparent – Legally and Emotionally 
 Posted on May 25, 2019
 
Eliminating Same-Sex Discrimination Within Adoption Agencies in Illinois
 Posted on March 30, 2019
 
What Types of Adoption Are There?
 Posted on February 12, 2019
 
Second Parent Adoption: A Common Option for Same-Sex Couples
 Posted on January 09, 2019
 
The Process of Adoption By a Stepparent
 Posted on November 27, 2018
 
Benefits Offered to Military Families When They Choose to Adopt
 Posted on August 20, 2018
 
Proposed Amendment Could Prevent Gay Couples From Adopting
 Posted on July 17, 2018
 
The Basics of a Stepparent Adoption
 Posted on July 16, 2018
 
Step-Parent Adoption in Illinois
 Posted on July 10, 2018
 
Navigating a DCFS Adoption in Illinois
 Posted on May 23, 2018
 
How Second Parent Adoption Can Benefit Same-Sex Couples
 Posted on April 16, 2018
 
Second Parent Adoption
 Posted on October 04, 2017
 
Adopting an Abandoned or Deserted Child
 Posted on September 19, 2017
 
The Readoption of Foreign-Born Children
 Posted on September 01, 2017
 
Three Reasons to Consider Adoption in 2017
 Posted on December 20, 2016
 
Adopting Your Stepchild in Illinois
 Posted on October 07, 2016
 
Same-Sex Couples Encouraged to Consider Adoption, Foster Care
 Posted on September 06, 2016
 
Safe Haven Law: Infant’s Tragic Death Was Unnecessary
 Posted on November 13, 2015
 
Adoption in Illinois
 Posted on October 27, 2015
 
My New Spouse Wants to Adopt My Children
 Posted on August 29, 2015
 
Related Adoption: Family First
 Posted on July 23, 2015
 
Group Works to Educate about Safe Haven Law
 Posted on February 17, 2015
 
Amendment to Illinois Adoption Act Broadens Adoptee Accessibility of Information
 Posted on January 28, 2015
 
Learning the Language of Adoption: Advice from the AAP and the DCFS
 Posted on January 12, 2015
 
Birth Parents: Surviving the Emotional Complexities of Adoption
 Posted on November 20, 2014
 
What is the Cost of Adoption?
 Posted on November 13, 2014
 
The Hague Convention and Illinois Adoption
 Posted on September 04, 2014
 
Is Adoption Right for Me? Trusting Your Answers and an Experienced Illinois Adoption Attorney
 Posted on July 11, 2014
 
New Trends in Adoption: For All the Right Reasons
 Posted on May 30, 2014
 
Half of Internationally Adopted Children Born in Asia
 Posted on May 09, 2014
 
Keeping Discipline on an Even Keel: Finding a Balance for Adoptive Parents
 Posted on April 29, 2014
 
The Perils of Adoption: Advice for Prospective Parents
 Posted on April 07, 2014
 
Harsh Consequences May Loom for Online Adoption Agencies Soliciting in Illinois
 Posted on December 06, 2013
 
Virginia Couple Illustrates Challenges of Adoption For Same-Sex Couples
 Posted on October 25, 2013
 
Recovered Addict Adopts her own Children
 Posted on June 19, 2013