LGBTQ+ Family Law
Specific experience with LGBTQ+ families since 2011 — second-parent adoption, trans parents in custody, and gender-marker changes — with real local resources, not vague reassurance.
Experience that’s specific, not “we support everyone”
We’ve worked closely with LGBTQ+ families since 2011 — not as a tagline, but as a real body of experience. That includes named local partners you can actually reach: Equality Florida and the LGBT Community Center of Central Florida.
Where LGBTQ+ families need real advocacy
- Second-parent adoption — securing both parents’ legal rights via a Petition for Determination of Parentage.
- Transgender parents in custody — we directly acknowledge the added scrutiny trans parents can face, and we protect parental rights and access to gender-affirming care rather than tiptoeing around it.
- Name and gender-marker changes — coordinated with the family-law case (name change).
Straight answers
Do both parents need to adopt to be legal parents?
Establishing legal parentage for a non-biological parent (often via second-parent adoption) protects both parents’ rights regardless of what happens later. It’s worth doing even when it feels unnecessary.
How do you handle a transgender parent’s custody case?
Directly. We prepare for the extra scrutiny that can appear, and we advocate to protect parental rights and access to gender-affirming care.
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Not sure which way in fits your case?
Tell us your situation and we’ll route you to the right level of help — no hard sell.