An adoption is a legal arrangement where parental rights are transferred from the natural or birth parents to the adoptive parents. An adoption attorney is crucial throughout this process. The adoptive parents then become legally responsible for the child they adopt and they obtain all legal parental rights in regards to the child, as if the child were biologically born to them. If you want to adopt a child or are a step-parent seeking to adopt your step child, call the family lawyers at Bailey Reyes to assist you every step of the way.