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Adoption
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Family Law Prof Blog
Adoption Subsidies Gone in Indiana
By Family Law
From RTV6 Indianapolis:Foster and adoptive families are upset Tuesday after learning the state legislature stripped funding that would have provided them with adoption subsidies.State Senator David Niezgodski, D-South Bend, revealed…
Leaving A Loving Legacy
Adoption Ends Inheritance Rights of Biological Family
Once a person is adopted (either as a child or as an adult) all inheritance rights of the biological family of the decedent are terminated.In the past, prior to the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Tennessee Bill Would Allow Adoption Agencies to Deny Same-Sex Couples Based on Religious Grounds
By Family Law
From USA Today:NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Multiple bills filed this week in the Tennessee General Assembly would allow adoption agencies to deny services to same-sex couples based on religious objections.One bill, filed by Republican legislators Joey…
Family Law Prof Blog
The Hardship of an Open Adoption
By Family Law
From The Atlantic:In America today, it’s quite normal for a family to adopt a child and maintain some degree of contact with the child’s birth parents. But as accepted as…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Denying Tax-Exempt Status to Discriminatory Private Adoption Agencies
Allison M. Whelan (Covington & Burling, Washington D.C), Denying Tax-Exempt Status to Discriminatory Private Adoption Agencies, 8 UC Irvine L. Rev. 711 (2018):This Article ... argues that the established public policy…
Family Law Prof Blog
Gay Singaporean Man Can Adopt Son Born Via Surrogacy
By Family Law
From CNN:A gay Singaporean doctor has won the right to adopt a child he fathered in the United States through a surrogate, in a landmark ruling for the socially conservative…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Oral Argument Preview: Is the Consent of a Parent Who is Judicially Relieved of a Support Obligation Required for an Adoption? In Re Adoption of B.I.
Update: On June 25, 2019. The Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. Read an analysis of the oral argument here.…
Lancaster Law Blog
10 Things You Should Ask Your Caseworker Before Becoming an Adoptive Resource
By Holly Filius
November is National Adoption Awareness Month. Any month is a good time to recognize the life-changing impact of adoption and the love and support given by adoptive families. I have…
International Law Prof Blog
Hague Convention on Child Adoption
The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption is an international treaty that facilitates intercountry adoptions. The United States signed the Convention in…
Family Law Prof Blog
Florida Woman Accused of Defrauding 2 Couples
By Family Law
From NBC News: DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Florida woman is accused of defrauding two sets of would-be parents, telling both that they would adopt her baby.Now 33-year-old Christina Bay is…