Michele Gentry Hinz

My husband has been wanting to adopt my daughter. He has raised her since she was 2, she is now 14. We contacted an office near our home that directed us to the Adoption Coordinator in Tacoma. She gave us a list of attorneys that would be able to work with us. I reviewed each of the attorneys and kne...w Michele would be the one we needed. After our initial conversation, I knew it my heart we made the right choice. She was very thorough in every aspect of what we could expect and what we might need to do if the non-custodial parent was not cooperating. We had no idea of how to contact the non-custodial parent as he was absent from her life since age 2. In less than 24 hours, Michele found him and called me. She spoke with him and advised that my husband wanted to adopt my daughter. Long story short, he signed his rights over! We had our Adoption interview with the Adoption Coordinator and within a few weeks we had our hearing date! Michele was there to answer all my questions via phone, email and text. My family and I would recommend her services to anyone looking for adoption assistance. She is truly amazing and we are very grateful to her!

Michele did an outstanding job handling the filing and scheduling of vital appointments to make our adoption smooth and easy. She understands the process, and documentation that Service members may need to be reimbursed for the adoption fees, and guides you through the adoption process. We hired her ...through a friends recommendation and she did not disappoint. She is extremely knowledgable, and her legal fees are very reasonable. Hire her!

Michele was absolutely wonderful. I'm so glad we were able to work with her for our daughter's adoption. There were some factors in our case that made our adoption atypical (as if any adoption is typical!), but Michele was knowledgeable and always went the extra mile to make sure everything was exact...ly the way it needed to be to make the process as smooth as possible. And she was always a phone call away with anything we needed. She made the legal side of adoption simple for us! It was such an enormous weight off our shoulders amidst all the emotions and uncertainty of the process. Additionally she was just a kind, compassionate person, and she gave us excellent advice on ways to best handle and move forward with the open, kinship nature of our adoption. We highly, highly recommend her! Her expertise is excellent, she is professional, and a wonderful person to work with! We're so glad she is a part of the beginning of our daughter's story.

Michele helped us navigate through a very tricky adoption involving 3 states and 2 CPS investigations and adoption subsidy. Our adoption was so long and drawn out that we thought it would never finalize. Michele made this process so much easier and much smoother. If you are looking for an attorney w...ho will make things move quickly and smoothly she is the one for you.