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Adoption
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Adoption, Surrogacy and the Law
Benefits and Challenges Associated With International Adoption
If you are thinking about adopting a child from another country, it is important to prepare yourself for what lies ahead. You should have a clear understanding of the process…
Adoption, Surrogacy and the Law
Can A Single Parent Adopt or Foster a Child in North Carolina?
One of the myths concerning the adoption process is that only a married couple can adopt. According to North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services, however, a single unmarried…
Legal Evolution
Surviving the crisis: is necessity the mother of adoption? (158)
By Dan Currell
Right now, adoption is more important than invention. We are at the end of the beginning of one of the most terrifying periods in modern economic history. An unexpected outside…
Legal Profession Blog
Appeal Adjourned
A decision issued today by the New Jersey Appellate Division found ineffective appellate representationWe write to emphasize that an attorney has an obligation to inform the court if he or…
Family Law Prof Blog
This 2-year-old boy was adopted over Zoom after coronavirus pandemic canceled court hearings
By Family Law
From CNNKimberly Wieneke says she knew she loved 2-year-old Jaden the minute he came into her family's life.Wieneke and her husband have been foster parents for over a year and…
Adoption, Surrogacy and the Law
When Should You Talk to Your Children About Adoption?
Adoption can be a beautiful thing. The question that most adoptive parents have, however, is when should they talk to their kids about adoption. Psychology Today offers some tips on…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision: Biological Father’s Consent to Adoption Not Required Because of Failure to Provide Requisite Maintenance and Support. In Re Adoption of A.C.B.
“Certainly, a parent who makes only one payment during the year—and thus is substantially in arrears on that year’s child support—has failed to provide support as required by law or…
Adoption, Surrogacy and the Law
Woman Finally Adopted by Foster Family After 50 years
Most people in Charlotte may assume that an adoption begins with a couple wanting to take in a child. Yet there is another part of that equation that often goes…
Family Law Prof Blog
Coronavirus Delays Adoptions from China
By Family Law
From CNN:If everything had gone according to plan, Kristen and Kenny Anderson and their 4-year-old daughter Brooklyn would be on their way home from China by now with a new…
Family Law Prof Blog
Companies offer rebuke of Tennessee’s anti-LGBT adoption law
By Family Law
From Associated PressAlmost three dozen big companies and more than 100 small businesses in Tennessee on Wednesday predicted economic backlash from a newly enacted state adoption law and other proposals…