Raymond William Godwin

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Raymond William Godwin

4.8
65 reviews
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Rating: 8.9

Licensed for 43 years

Adoption Lawyer at Greenville, SC
Practice Areas: Adoption, Family, Child Custody

1212 Haywood Road, Ste. 400A, Greenville, SC

Virtual Consultation Available

About Raymond

Biography

Building Families Through Adoption For More Than 30 Years. Contact Us Today

Experienced & Compassionate Child Custody Attorney Protecting Your Parental Rights

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Adoption 85%

Our mission is to provide legal counsel to prospective birth mothers and adoptive parents in all manner of adoption categories. We assist in newborn, step-parent, adult, and foster care adoptions as well as domestications and re-adoptions.

36 years

85%
Family 10%

10%
Child Custody 5%

Attorney Raymond Godwin's former experience as a contract attorney for the Department of Social Services and his involvement in many state and foster adoption cases give him the legal knowledge you need to complete your adoption.

36 years

5%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Retainer

Always


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

Awards

Client's Choice
Client's Choice
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+ 3
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating

Licenses

Licensed in South Carolina for 43 years

State: South Carolina

Acquired: 1982

Good Standing

No misconduct found

Location

Raymond W. Godwin, Attorney at Law, PC

1212 Haywood Road, Ste. 400A, Greenville, SC, 29615

scadopt.net

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Posted by anonymous | October 19, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Adoption

Smooth Adoption Process

My husband and I were exceedingly pleased with our experience with Ray Godwin and his team, and I whole heartedly support working with them. Aside from showing tremendous patience and compassion, I was grateful for how they prepared us for every part of the adoption process starting with creating... our family profile book and ending with applying for our daughter’s social security number. The team cleared the path so that everything went smooth and so that we felt prepared and supported. From my perspective, there’s no way it could have been any better. I always felt they were working WITH us. I cannot speak highly enough of this team; no words would be sufficient, and no amount of praise would be enough. What I can say is that I will forever be thankful for Ray and his team for accompanying us through this life changing event. Our 11-month-old daughter is a ray of sunshine, and we feel so grateful.

Posted by Bailey | September 28, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Adoption

Great Experience!

Our adoption was a very fast one.. from finding out there was a baby to adopt and starting the whole adoption process, we had 40 hours to get ready! Mr. Godwin and his staff worked around the clock for us, and always answered our texts, emails, and calls very fast. I knew I’d always have answer, even... if it was later in the evening. They were all very personable and asked how we were with everything. We were always in the know of what was going on with our adoption. I never worried about the process because I knew they were right on track with everything and if they needed something from us they let us know. Thank you so much for helping us bring our son home!

Posted by Arielle | June 14, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Adoption

Easy and Stress-free Experience

Ray Godwin and his team made the adoption of our baby girl so easy. Any bumps in the road were taken care of by the team. I really only needed to get them all the paperwork required and get the home study done. They made the process smooth going. When we go to adopt in the future, we are going back t...o Godwin. He has people dedicated to different areas of the adoption process. They are all pros in their area. If someone was not available, they would get back to me the next day at the latest! Everyone is so kind and professional. We got an adoption call a couple days after we started our journey about a potential adoption. We decided to not go with that BM. Our next call was less than 3 months after starting the process. Baby girl was born just 8 days after that call. Thank you so so much Ray and team. My husband and I could not imagine our life without our daughter, and you helped us find her.

Posted by Amanda | May 23, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Adoption

Fantastic! You can’t go wrong!

Mr. Godwin was a fantastic help and resource as we navigated the adoption of our 3 sweet boys. He was always easy to reach if questions arose and was very patient and detailed when explaining things to us. We are so grateful for all of his help throughout our 2 year journey!

Posted by Jimmy & Lauren | April 21, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Adoption

Great Experience - Our Family is now Complete

We had a great experience working with Ray Godwin and his staff. We were introduced to Ray's assistant, Marion Spence, through our social worker and submitted for an adoption situation we didn't get selected for. However, we had such an amazing experience working with Marion we decided to schedule a ...consultation with Ray. After meeting with Mr. Godwin, we decided to retain his services and approximately a month later we were matched with our son's birth mother. We liked that we were presented with our birth mother's profile and given an in depth description of the situation by Marion and that ours was the only profile book presented to our birth mother - so we weren't competing against half a dozen other hopeful parents. We liked our birth mom and she liked us, and a match was made. Working with Marion, Dee and Ray during the adoption process was very smooth, from the time we were matched up until the birth and bringing our son home, all the way up until finalization in the courtroom. Whenever we had questions or concerns, they were available for consultation. Ray Godwin and his team are amazing and I highly recommend them to any South Carolina family who wants to adopt. We have a beautiful son who we are madly in love with - who has shown us why we had to wait so long to start our family, because we were waiting for him all along - and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Ray, Marion, and their team. IF we ever decide to adopt again, we know who our first call will be to!

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Raymond William Godwin's Lawyer Endorsements

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Philip Temple

Adoption lawyer | Dec 07

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I have known Mr. Godwin for 30 plus years and have worked with him on numerous cases. I have known him to be extremely knowledgeable and proficient in his area of practice and a man of great integrity."

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Jeffrey Ezell

Adoption lawyer | Sep 06

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. Ray is skilled, ethical, and fair."

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Regina Taylor

Adoption lawyer | Mar 24

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. I have worked with Ray in adoptions in the past 14 years. He is extremely knowledgeable and very professional."

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Michael Waddington

Family lawyer | Oct 15

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse Raymond. He is a highly skilled attorney that is well respected in the legal community."

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Steve Sumner

Adoption lawyer | Feb 28

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Raymond Godwin is an attorney with integrity. The area of law he has chosen to concentrate on must be handled with great care and he has proven time and again that he is the attorney to do it. His books are amazing resources for anyone considering going down the adoption path. I highly recommend Mr. Godwin."

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Experience

Rating:  8.9 (Excellent)

Honors

2020

AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2019

Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®

2019

South Carolina Lawyers Hall of Fame, Lawyers Weekly

2010

Angels in Adoption, Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute

Work Experience

1989 - Present

Owner, Raymond W. Godwin Attorney at Law PC

1994 - 1998

Attorney, Department Of Social Services, Division Of Legal Services

1994 - 1998

Attorney, Guardian Ad Litem Office Of The Governor

Associations

2000 - Present

Christian Legal Society

Member

2000 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

1982 - Present

South Carolina Bar Association

Member

2011 - 2014

Children's Law Committee-SC Bar Association

Member

2000 - 2006

Compass of Carolina

Chairman

Sample of Legal Cases

Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl (S.C. 2013) 404 S.C. 483, 746, S.E.2d 51 (aka Baby Girl Veronica Case)

Custody Awarded to Clients

Doe v. Baby Girl (S.C. 2008) 376 S.C. 267, 657 S.E.2d 455

Custody Awarded to Clients

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Education

1981

University of South Carolina School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1979

Bob Jones University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2016

South Carolina Bar Association

Adoption Matters

2016

B-annual Conference

Children's Records

2015

Yearly Conference

Adoption Law

2014

quarterly conference

Adoption

Publications

2005

Adams Media The Complete Adoption Book

Languages

English

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