When grandparents step in to raise a child, adoption can provide the legal security needed to protect the family bond already in place. Our experienced adoption attorneys help grandparents establish lasting legal parent-child relationships with care and clarity.
When Grandparents Become the Primary Caregivers
In many instances, the grandmother or grandfather has been the sole caregiver for years, the grandchild’s parents have been largely absent from the child’s life, and as a consequence, the grandson or granddaughter has identified with the grandparent as his or her parent.
In such cases, the grandparent has become the child’s de facto parent, paying for medical care, school, and recreational expenses, ferrying the child to and from sports practice, dance lessons, school plays, and other activities, and attending doctor visits and teacher conferences. In some cases, grandparents are the only mother and father the child has ever known.










