Lawyer/ Agency in NJ?

Hi jamila, I would probably start with DYFS. [Edited To Remove Agency/Facilitator/fee based services Recommendations or comments] Please remember that comments about agencies or other fee based services made after 2/10/2004 MUST be made via Private Message. Good luck.

This is the website for the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys [url]http://www.adoptionattorneys.org/.[/url] Hopefully this will help! They have pictures, address, and emails for many of them. I have emailed a few of them that have been helpful in guiding me in the right direction. Some of them suggest a visit before providing info and they charge for the visit so I didn't care for that. Others help out right away. GOOD LUCK!

I have something I would like to say coming from a birth mom. Currently I have not lost my child to dyfs and do not plan too. I have read some of these forums and it seems as though dyfs is being used to combat adoption. I think it is a wonderful thing to have parents willing to love and care for a child that is not their own, especially in instances that the child is in a severely abusive atmosphere. However, dyfs is SUPPOSED to be an organization to help keep families together NOT break them apart. And by families I mean the birth family. This could probably be the reason that dyfs is so quick to remove a child from its home without even investigating the issue. Someone called dyfs on me and my husband simply cause we had a arguement. Yes, we were yelling but who doesn't??? Now we are required to attend ADV meetings. Now, I know how this government works and God Forbid we miss an attendance because my husband has to work overtime... is our child going to get taken from us??? I have researched the internet and found several parents that have had their children taken from them for either reasons that they might had smoked a little pot, or argued with their mate, or even had someone spitefully told lies. This is ****ed up, excuse my french but there is no other way to put it! You can't even discipline your child anymore in this world without someone getting involved. DYFS is supposed to HELP the family and they clearly DO NOT DO THIS... the family IS the BIRTH PARENTS. They need to stop being so evasive and stop portraying their services as an adoption agency and START investigating issues before they make such hasty, erradic and irresponsible decisions. Please do not take this personally against you or against anyone who is looking to adopt a child. Unfortunately, some of us can not have children or are just so good hearted that they are willing to take care of someone else's. But coming from a birth mother, I can't imagine someone looking at my child in the same eyes that I would no matter how much they love them.

We're adopting in NJ. We went through Just Babies (non-profit no fees) for training and then DYFS for placement. We're finalizing our adoptions soon. DYFS has a list of adoption lawyers that accept their payment. The list is given to you when you start to sign all of the adoption paperwork. If you're doing a domestic adoption you may be able to ask DYFS for their list. If you'd like to PM me I can give you the name and numbers of the lawyers we're using. They're really great and on top of things. _LeenaB PS. DYFS is more than just an adoption agency. They are various departments from emergency care, foster care, fost/adopt, adoption, and in situations the children are able to remain with the birthfamily and services are offered. Birthmom2004 my advice to you is to stick to your caseplan and accpet all services DYFS offers. There is also a new system out for removal of children from the home. You can look up the article on NJ.com It's in the Star-Ledger just search under DYFS.