Welcome to the Utah Adoption Law Center, where our legal team handles adoptions everywhere from Salt Lake County and Utah County down to...

Welcome to the Utah Adoption Law Center, where our legal team handles adoptions everywhere from Salt Lake County and Utah County down to...

You might have heard that you can be reimbursed up to $2,000 per child for the expenses of adopting a foster child in Utah. Under Utah...

Adoptions mean a new parent needs to be shown on the adoptee's birth certificate. To get the birth certificate changed, Vital Records...

If you are interested in adopting a child that lives or recently lived outside of Utah, this post is for you. The ICPC is the Interstate...

Step 1: The Court terminates the parental rights of the birth parents. No more reunification--adoption is the goal. Foster Parent...

Adult adoptions are special. Little kids don't have a lot of say in whether or not they get adopted. But adult adoptions are done where...

At UALC we handle contested stepparent adoptions. Here's a brief overview of how these cases often go: --The birth parent that has...

Interstate Placements or ICPC Adoptions

In October 2022, the Utah Court of Appeals made an important ruling in a case (In re J.J.W.) where a Grandmother/Guardian wanted to adopt...

Good news for Guardianship adoption clients: The IRS has rules that may allow adopting parents--but not adopting stepparents--to receive...

Timothy Daniels is a member of the Utah Adoption Council. This organization has been supporting adoption since 1981. The Council is...

Dear Friends, I grew up in Frederick, Maryland, about an hour away from the Washington D.C. Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of...