Torres and Associates, LLC

Introduction: Our office represents clients most often in private placement Independent Adoptions (that is where the birth parents choose the adoptive parents and place the baby directly with the adoptive parents usually at the time of the baby’s discharge from the hospital). We also represent clients who are adopting through licensed adoption agencies. We handle collaborative placements which combine the best features of Independent and Agency adoptions often without the drawbacks of traditional Agency adoptions. We represent birth mothers and adoptive couples throughout the United States and abroad. We also handle the readoption of children adopted in foreign countries whose parents seek to obtain Florida issued birth certificates for them. Additionally, we also handle Stepparent and Adult adoptions. Torres and Associates, LLC will provide you with assistance in creating your family through various forms of Assisted Reproduction Technology (“ART”). We would be pleased to prepare, negotiate and review traditional and gestational surrogacy contracts, egg donation agreements, sperm donation agreements and even embryo donation contracts. Our representation of intended parents, surrogates, donors and recipients in these relationships is conducted in a manner which emphasizes the highest ethical standards of the legal profession. We can provide referrals to medical, psychological and other related experts in the ART field. Finally, Torres and Associates, LLC is knowledgeable in the area of Family and Marital Litigation, including: Complex Financial Cases, Timesharing of Children, Child Support, Alimony, Domestic Violence, Paternity, Pre-Nuptial and Antenuptial Agreements and Settlement Agreements and also uses the most sophisticated Mediation techniques to resolve and settle matters, including employing top forensic experts. We also handle simplified dissolution of marriages at a flat rate. Torres and Associates, LLC takes great pride in helping families during difficult and positive times. We are not only your legal counsel, but all our clients become family--and are treated as such.