C.J. Lyford

International Adoption (U.S. and Worldwide) Consultation and legal services to parents and agencies re home study issues and related pre and post adoption problems; preparation of Orphan Petitions and Hague Convention Petitions; Responses/Appeals re NOIDS, Petition denials, visa denials and related; Applications for U.S. Citizenship; Citizenship problems. Overseas relative and identified child adoption. Domestic Adoption (Limited to Pennsylvania): Independent and Agency adoptions; Stepparent, second parent and relative adoptions; Adoption finalizations and readoptions. (Adoptions handled in Montgomery, Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Bucks and Berks Counties) General Family and Business Law Immigration. Adoptive mother of teenager from China.