Adoptions

Adoption Attorney Stephen Ravel shares advice for a person or couple looking to adopt a child on how to decide which type of adoption is best for you to pursue
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Well, I think the first thing a client needs to do when they decide what kind of an adoption they're looking for would be to determine what they are interested in. Do they want a newborn? Do they want a child with special needs? Do they want a child from a foreign country? All those factors go into deciding what you want to do. There's no right or wrong answer for anyone but I think you need to know what your requirements are, what you're looking for in starting a family and that will dictate what choices you make along the way.

Adoption Attorney Stephen Ravel shares advice for a person or couple looking to adopt a child on how to decide which type of adoption is best for you to pursue

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Stephen Ravel

Adoption Attorney

Stephen Ravel attended UC Berkley for his undergraduate degree and Santa Clara Law School for his law degree. Stephen has been an attorney since 1973, and has been involved with adoption law since 1984. He has handled over 1,300 adoptions since the start of his career. Stephen is married and has three children. His oldest child was adopted from Brazil at birth.

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