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 […]
Adoption and Estate Planning
Adoption and estate planning intersect more often—and more deeply—than many families realize. When a child joins your family through adoption, […]
Do You Need a Home Study Update?
Your adoption journey may be fairly brief and simple or it may be long and complex. Sometimes it’s hard to […]
Reality Show Revisits an Adoption Decision
Reality TV — love it, hate, or never think about it, you can’t deny that it’s an important part of […]
What’s an Identified Adoption?
An identified adoption, also sometimes called a designated adoption, is an adoption of a child already known to the adoptive […]
Stepparent Adoption and the Extended Family
There are plenty of good reasons to adopt your stepchild. You’ll provide a sense of stability and unity for the […]
Change in the Adoption Tax Credit
Senator Kevin Cramer has announced a change in the Adoption Tax Credit. “During a hearing today in the House Ways […]
Can You Adopt If the Biological Parent Is Incarcerated?
The adoption journey can be long and complicated, and it can be full of surprises. For example, you might meet […]
Stepparent Adoption: What If the Other Parent Doesn’t Agree?
In the ideal stepparent adoption journey, one of the biological parents wants their spouse to adopt their child, and the […]