Heimer Law is an adoption law firm, serving parents and children with compassion and care.
What’s an Adoption Attorney?
Adoption is confusing, and there are several paths you can take to build your family. Each has a different set of rules. We are here to help you simplify the process and find the right road!
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Adopting a Newborn
Adopting a newborn is very practical in Arkansas, where adoptions can be finalized by the 6th day of your new […]
Second Parent Adoption in Arkansas
Stepparent adoption is the process of adopting a spouse’s child. If your husband has a child, for example, you can […]
November Is National Adoption Month
“Every child deserves to know the unconditional love of a permanent home. During National Adoption Month, we honor all the […]
Adoption and Citizenship
A troubling legal loophole has left thousands of internationally adopted children in the United States without U.S. citizenship, despite having […]
Adoption Tax Credit for 2025
The IRS allows adoptive parents to deduct the expenses of their adoption. For 2024 — the taxes you’ll file n […]
What’s a Post-Adoption Contact Agreement?
There is a basic difference between a closed adoption, where the birth parent may be anonymous and there is no […]
Are Birth Mothers Happy with Their Adoption Decisions?
In Dan Gilbert’s book Stumbling on Happiness, he reports that people are terrible at predicting which decisions will make them […]
When the Birth Mom Is a Minor
Arkansas has the second highest rate of teen births in the country, right behind Mississippi. 88% of those pregnancies are […]
Protect Yourself from Adoption Scams
Adoption scams are uncommon, but they do happen. Both would-be adoptive parents and expectant moms may be targeted by unscrupulous […]