Ted R. Youmans is the founding lawyer of the Center for Family Building, the Law Office of Ted R. Youmans. Our passion is to offer HOPE to adoptive couples, birth mothers and parents who are seeking to better a child's life. On his desk, there is a sculpture of an angel holding a balloon that inside spells out the word "HOPE.” The Center for Family Building, located in Anaheim Hills, California, ...is a free resource for birth mothers who are seeking knowledgeable, caring information about private adoption and agency adoption. The law office offers comprehensive legal guidance to adoptive couples, a step parent or a relative seeking to adopt, a foster parent, and to anyone who is concerned about the well being of children in need. We offer guidance and serve as a resource in the following areas: • Birth mothers and issues and answers related to adoption • The truth about adoption • Private or independent adoption • Agency adoption • Foster parent adoption • Relative adoption • Step parent adoption • Unplanned pregnancy • Guardianships