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Virginia L. Frank
Attorney & Counselor at Law
Practice Limited to Adoption & Infertility Law
 

People often ask me why I chose adoption law as a limited practice area.  Well, here’s my story.  I hope it gives you more insight into who I am and why I have a passion for aiding birth parents, children, and adoptive parents in their adoption.

When I was growing up, I lived in a very small town in Northern Oklahoma.  Most of my friends were either pregnant or married before graduating from high school.  Upon graduation, I knew that I wanted to help women to explore other choices besides parenting or abortion.   Four year later, I graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science (pre-law) and a Bachelors in Communications.  Thereafter, I entered law school and graduated three years later at Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

Shortly after entering private practice, I helped my best friend adopt.  She and her husband were infertile.   They had no other way of building a family since the doctors couldn't figure out why they couldn't conceive.  A year late, I had helped them adopt.  Since that time, I have aided over 2000 families, birthparents and children, find their way together in building a family.  I moved with my family to Colorado in 2002 and have been helping families nationwide adopt both in Colorado and Oklahoma.  I hope that I can help you as well. 

As you may or may not know, Colorado adoptions require an agency in Colorado to do the state required birth parent counseling and take legal custody of the child.  No private adoptions by attorneys are allowed.  Further, most agencies in Colorado will not have an attorney draw up any legal paperwork for any party in the adoption triad!  No one is represented by legal counsel.  Social workers usually draft and submit this paperwork.  I would not advise any client to work with agencies who do not have a policy of legal representation for all parties involved to protect each client.   The lives of everyone involved depends on the legal paperwork being correct and consents being irrevocable after completed.  Please make sure that whoever you use looks out for your best interest when it comes to representation.   You can't afford for paperwork to be incorrect or incomplete.

 I represent several agencies, and can help you find an agency that is right for your family's unique situation.   I can help you find a home study agency that can begin the adoption process, help with locating a birth family in which to match, find the right agency for you to work with for relinquishment counseling and custody, complete the legal termination of birth parent rights paperwork for the Colorado adoption, as well as finalize the adoptions for in-state and out-of-state adoptive parent(s).

If you have already found a birth mother in Colorado, your adoption is called a "designated adoption".  Sometimes it is difficult or confusing when trying to find an agency that can help or what to do next.  My office directs clients to agencies that can best fit their needs and the birth parents needs.  Here is a list of just a few things my office can help you with during your adoption process:  Finding an agency who can terminate the rights of each parent within several days of birth,  finding legal representation for your birth mother during her terminating procedures; terminating the birth father's rights who is not signing a consent; making sure you are represented as the adoptive parent(s); completing the Interstate Compact for the Adoption of Children (required for couples who live in a state other than the state the child is born in), speaking with the adoption professional in the couples home state and gathering all necessary documents (attorney and/or agency), aiding couples in getting legal custody of the child after birth, finding counseling (mental health) for you or your birth parent(s), processing a new birth certificate, finalizing the adoption if you choose to finalize in Colorado.

If you have not found a child to adopt and you would like help in locating a birth mother or agency that can match you quickly, please call my office and speak to me directly.  I would love to help if I can. 

          Lastly, whether you decide to use my services or use another attorney with the American Academy,  I hope that your adoption experience is a wonderful one and that adopting whatever child is blessed to be in your home brings joy and happiness to you and your family.   Thank you for your time.

 Warmly,

 Ginny Frank

PRACTICE AREAS:  Private Adoptions, Agency Adoptions; Interstate Compact for the Placement of Child Adoptions, Independent Adoptions, Indian Child Welfare Adoptions; Infertility Law (representing Egg Donor's, Sperm Donor's Recipient Parents, Gestational Carriers and Intended Parents)  and International Adoptions. 

 Biography

VIRGINIA L. FRANK was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1966; admitted to Oklahoma Bar, 1992, Oklahoma and U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, Admitted to Colorado Supreme Court, 2002.  Education:  University of Oklahoma (B.A. Political Science and B.A. Communications, 1988); Oklahoma City University School of Law (J.D., 1991). 

Speaker, Continuing Legal Education in Oklahoma, "Termination of Birth Fathers' Rights in Oklahoma", Oklahoma Bar Association, 1996; Planner, Speaker and Moderator of "Adoption Law Update" in 1999; Planner, Speaker and Moderator of "Adoptions-The Changing Twists and Turns" 2001, Speaker, American Academy Mid-Year Meeting for Agencies, October, 2006; Speaker, Oklahoma Bar Association, May 2007, Speaker, Colorado Bar Association, February & October, 2007;  Speaker, Child Placement Organizations, Colorado, October, 2008. 

Member: Oklahoma Bar Association; Colorado Bar Association; Native American Bar Association; Oklahoma Native American Bar Association; Oklahoma Adoption Coalition; American Adoption Congress;  NICWA (National Indian Child Welfare Association); NACAC; American Academy of Adoption Attorneys since 1999.

Virginia L. Frank
Attorney & Counselor at Law
 Practice Limited to Adoption & Infertility Law

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