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Adoption
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Elder Law Issues
Adult Adoption in Arizona
Does Arizona permit adult adoption? And if it does, how does it work? Is it the same as in other states? Arizona elder law attorneys occasionally see these questions. The…
Conflict of Laws .net
Mozambican Supreme Court Recognises an Indian Adoption: A Teleological Approach to the Recognition of Foreign Acts
I. Introduction Can a foreign adoption deed be given effect in Mozambique? What procedural steps must be followed, and which requirements must be satisfied? Does the fact that the…
Don’t Mess With Taxes
IRS sending refunds to families that claimed adoption tax credit carryforwards
By Kay Bell
Photo by Kindel Media The tax reform provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act enhanced financial help for families who choose to grow by adopting. It made up…
Microjuris Blog
Decisión dividida en caso de adopción donde padre biológico retiene patria potestad
By Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
El Tribunal Supremo resolvió, en una decisión dividida, que bajo determinadas circunstancias puede subsistir el vínculo jurídico entre un padre biológico y una menor luego de que esta sea adoptada…
India Legal
Bombay High Court: CWC cannot take custody of Child who is neither orphan nor abandoned
By Legal Desk
The Bombay High Court has held that a Child Welfare Committee (CWC) cannot exercise jurisdiction over a child who does not fall within the category of a “child in need…
JURIST
Human Rights Watch condemns Ecuador’s adoption law for discriminating against LGBT parents and transgender children
Human Rights Watch on Thursday criticized Ecuador’s newly enacted adoption law, which took effect on August 14 after lawmakers approved it 118-0, saying that provisions restricting adoption by lesbian, gay…
Herston on Tennessee Family Law
Dual Standards of Proof Apply in ICWA Termination in Nashville, Tennessee: In re Knox G.
By K.O. Herston
Facts: Mother and Father divorced after Child’s birth. Their Michigan divorce decree was later registered in Nashville, Tennessee.The Tennessee trial court temporarily suspended Father’s parenting time after finding that Father…
The Law Center, S.C. Blog
Adoption And Termination Of Parental Rights In Wisconsin: What Prospective Adoptive Parents Should Know
Before an adoption can be finalized in Wisconsin, the child must be legally free for adoption. That requires a court order terminating the birth parents’ legal rights and duties. Once…
HEIRS & SUCCESSES
Impact of Adoption Discharge on Succession Rights: Lise v Boulton [2026] QSC 176
Lise v Boulton [2026] QSC 176 considers whether the discharge of an adoption order restores eligibility to claim family provision from a biological parent’s estate. Eligibility is a threshold requirement in…
Bill Madden's Blog
Civil Liability: “Forced adoption”.
By Bill Madden
Lamont v The Royal Women’s Hospital (No 3) [2026] VSC 490 (Link to JADE). The plaintiff brought a claim in negligence against each of the defendants: the first defendant as…