OUR FIRM

We are a small legal office and spend most of our time and energy providing high-quality legal services for parents and children in adoption and guardianship matters.  We understand that the process of adoption is highly emotional and difficult for everyone involved.  We strive to answer all your questions as thoroughly and as quickly as possible.  We care that you understand the legal process involved and that you make decisions only after knowing the options.

• Providing adoption and related legal services to adoptive parents and birth parents in New Hampshire

• Providing legal services to families seeking guardianship over children or incapacitated adults

• Dedicated to high quality legal assistance, that is understandable and responsive to you - the client

• Lawyer and staff are compassionate, ethical, open-minded and experienced.

• We help birth parents fully understand their rights and options.  We will support your choice of open or closed adoptions.  We will assure that you get the medical and counseling support which you need.  We can assist you in finding a wonderful home for your child.

• We care most about the best interest of the child.  We want the birth parents to feel comfortable with their decision to place their child.  We want the adoptive parents to understand the risks and joys of creating their family through adoption.  We want to make sure that each adoption is legally secure.

• We are experienced in private adoptions, agency adoptions and step-parent adoptions.

• We have done inter-state adoptions including: Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Colorado.

• We have done numerous guardianships working with families, children or adults.

• We work throughout the State of New Hampshire with birth parents or adoptive parents.

• We have handled adoption cases for clients in Hillsborough, Rockingham, Merrimack, Belknap, Cheshire, Strafford, Carrol, and Grafton counties.

• We are experienced in handling all aspects of adoption and guardianship cases including:

  • Consent to adoption hearings

  • Termination of Parental Rights

• We handle other aspects of family law including

  • surrogacy parenting agreements

  • simple wills

  • probate hearings

Patricia B. Quigley

BACKGROUND

• Graduate of Brown University and Northeastern University Law School

• Member of New Hampshire and Massachusetts Bar Associations

• Active in New Hampshire legal community including: Member of NH Bar Association Ethics Committee, NH Civil Liberties Union Board, Past Member of NH Legal Assistance Board

• Over 15 years experience in adoption and guardianship  cases

• Experienced in surrogacy and gamete donation agreements

• Member of American Academy of Adoption Attorneys