Now Also Offering Parentage Orders – No Home Study Required. 

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My heart breaks when I hear a parent and child separated because they do not have a legal relationship.

While gay marriage and accurate birth certificates are wonderful indications of our families’ love, they do not create a strong parental relationship that will undoubtedly be recognized in court.

Second parent adoption in Texas is like insurance.

As long as all goes well, you may not need an adoption order. But when you need it because of unexpected situations, the protection of that court order is invaluable.

–Suzanne Bryant

Second parent adoptions in Texas provides these benefits

Stability

If a couple stays together, the child enjoys the balance and stability of equal, legal parents.

Security

If a couple breaks up, the legal parent cannot just walk away with the child.
 

Support

If a couple breaks up, the second parent is responsible for the child, emotionally and financially.

Protection

If the legal parent dies, the child is not an orphan; grandparents cannot intervene.

Benefits

If the second-parent dies, the child is eligible for social security and military survivorship benefits.

Inheritance

If relatives leave inheritance to “born or adopted” descendants, the child is included.

Sliding scale fees and installment payments available

Suzanne Bryant

LGBTQ Activist and Attorney at Law

Suzanne Bryant is passionate about her work as an activist and adoption attorney for the LGBTQ community. After witnessing too many situations where parents and children were torn apart, she dedicated her legal practice to families with two mothers, two fathers or a transgender parent. Over the past 20 years she has had a 100% gay adoption success rate, helping hundreds of families throughout Texas.

 

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Suzanne has risked the rage of millions to publicly put herself — and her family — out there on the front page of the news. She has done it for love, for justice. She has volunteered to be the voice and face of my family, so that our path may be clearer and less fraught.

– Anne McCarthy, Austin, Texas

Suzanne Bryant and her staff couldn’t have provided us a better experience with the adoption of our 2 children.

As we began this journey, we had so many questions about the process, timeline, documents, and fees. Suzanne and Taunya were very helpful and patient with us in settling our concerns throughout the adoption. They made it easy to stay in touch via email and telephone, documents were exchanged over fax and postal mail, and they did not delay in responding to communications.

We all, including the 10+ supportive family members who showed up to the final adoption, were very happy with the entire situation. 

–Jennifer Echeverry, San Antonio, Texas

My partner and I have adopted three infants through private adoption. The first one was not done in the best interest of us and our daughter because of a well-intentioned attorney that wasn’t up on laws and how they affect gay families.

Luckily, Suzanne was able to redo that one and we used her for our next two. She has been helpful, caring and conscientious throughout so we could rest at ease and enjoy our special day.

– Melanie Maine, Fort Worth, Texas

From our very first phone call to Suzanne Bryant’s office, we were completely confident in her and her staff’s abilities. Suzanne and her staff succeeded in turning a potentially confusing, expensive, and frustrating process into one that was easy, exciting, and a complete joy for our family. We absolutely refer all of our adopting friends to the office of Suzanne Bryant!

– Lisa Allen, Lumberton, Texas

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