Sheri A. Mullikin is an adoptive mother and experienced Maryland adoption attorney and estate planning lawyer who has practiced law in Maryland since 1999. While her offices are conveniently located in central Maryland, in Mt. Airy, which is also known as the four county area of Carroll, Frederick, Howard, and Montgomery counties, Sheri does provide adoption services throughout the entire state.
The adoption process can be stressful and emotionally overwhelming at times for all of the parties involved, particularly because decisions made will forever impact the future of all involved. It is important that your adoption attorney understands your concerns and has the ability to guide you skillfully through the adoption process.
Sheri not only has years of legal experience as a Maryland adoption attorney representing adoptive parents, birth parents, children, and even a private Maryland adoption agency, but she also knows what it is like to sit on both sides of the table -- as a potential adoptive mom and as an adoption attorney.
The adoption process can be stressful and emotionally overwhelming at times for all of the parties involved, particularly because decisions made will forever impact the future of all involved. It is important that your adoption attorney understands your concerns and has the ability to guide you skillfully through the adoption process.
Sheri not only has years of legal experience as a Maryland adoption attorney representing adoptive parents, birth parents, children, and even a private Maryland adoption agency, but she also knows what it is like to sit on both sides of the table -- as a potential adoptive mom and as an adoption attorney.
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As a foster parent who is in the process of adopting from the public foster care system, I needed an attorney to review some important legal documents and Sheri came highly recommended from the daughter and daughters neighbor of a colleague.
Sheri picked up the phone on my first call and was pleasant, helpful, and compassionate.
None of the other lawyers I called that day ever returned my calls.
I thought that her fees were fair and reasonable compared to others in the area.
Sheri took her time and answered many questions that we had, including informing us of some of the resources we may be able to access during the process.
Sheri picked up the phone on my first call and was pleasant, helpful, and compassionate.
None of the other lawyers I called that day ever returned my calls.
I thought that her fees were fair and reasonable compared to others in the area.
Sheri took her time and answered many questions that we had, including informing us of some of the resources we may be able to access during the process.
A forever family Sheri helped adopt through the foster care system in Frederick County, Maryland.
Sheri provides a wide variety of adoption services for all parts of the adoption triad, including hopeful adoptive parents, children, and expectant parents considering an adoption plan for their baby.
If you are a hopeful adoptive parent just starting out on your adoption journey, Sheri will explore all of your options with you, from adoptions through the foster care system, private adoption, or an adoption agency, to international adoptions.
Sheri provides a wide variety of adoption services for all parts of the adoption triad, including hopeful adoptive parents, children, and expectant parents considering an adoption plan for their baby.
If you are a hopeful adoptive parent just starting out on your adoption journey, Sheri will explore all of your options with you, from adoptions through the foster care system, private adoption, or an adoption agency, to international adoptions.
There are two types of a domestic infant adoption options in Maryland - through adoption agencies or through a private adoption, which is referred to under Maryland adoption law as an independent adoption.
Adoptions through an agency may be completed through private adoption agencies.
On the other hand, an independent or private adoption involves an adoption completed privately between the birth and adoptive parents without the involvement of an adoption agency.
Although you may have heard the terms open adoption or closed adoption, you may not be entirely sure of their meaning.
Adoptions through an agency may be completed through private adoption agencies.
On the other hand, an independent or private adoption involves an adoption completed privately between the birth and adoptive parents without the involvement of an adoption agency.
Although you may have heard the terms open adoption or closed adoption, you may not be entirely sure of their meaning.
There are two primary types of domestic adoption in Maryland - through an adoption agency or an independent / private adoption.
Agency adoptions occur when an adoption placement is arranged by a licensed child placement agency.
Child placement agencies are either a local department of social services (a public or governmental agency) or a private adoption agency.
In Maryland, private adoption agencies must be licensed by the Social Services Administration of the Maryland Department of Health to place children for adoption.
Agency adoptions occur when an adoption placement is arranged by a licensed child placement agency.
Child placement agencies are either a local department of social services (a public or governmental agency) or a private adoption agency.
In Maryland, private adoption agencies must be licensed by the Social Services Administration of the Maryland Department of Health to place children for adoption.
There are two primary types of domestic adoptions in Maryland - independent or private adoptions and agency adoptions through a public adoption agency / foster care agency or a private adoption agency.
A private adoption, also known as an independent adoption in Maryland, occurs when the prospective adoptive parents and the birth family locate each other and complete the adoption process privately, usually through attorneys, rather than through an adoption agency.
In a private adoption, birth families will relinquish their parental rights enabling the adoptive parents to take custody of the child immediately after obtaining a temporary custody order from the court, instead of an adoption agency taking guardianship of the child for a period of time set by law before the adoptive parents are able to adopt the child.
A private adoption, also known as an independent adoption in Maryland, occurs when the prospective adoptive parents and the birth family locate each other and complete the adoption process privately, usually through attorneys, rather than through an adoption agency.
In a private adoption, birth families will relinquish their parental rights enabling the adoptive parents to take custody of the child immediately after obtaining a temporary custody order from the court, instead of an adoption agency taking guardianship of the child for a period of time set by law before the adoptive parents are able to adopt the child.
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