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Adoption
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Minnesota Family Law Blog
5 Things You Need to Know Before Pursuing a Special Needs Adoption
By Jason Brown
Adopting a child with special needs in Minnesota is like adopting any other child, with a few differences. Five things you should know about special needs adoption include: 1. “Special…
Family Law Prof Blog
Texas Adoption Legislation Targets Religious Beliefs and Lifestyle Choices
By Family Law
From Newsweek:The Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill that allows adoption agencies and foster care providers to reject applicants based on their religious beliefs and lifestyle choices.The bill will…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Japan Adoptions Are Not All About Raising Children
While growing up in Japan, Sayuri Umeda did not realize her country had the world’s second highest adoption rate with over 80,000 adoptions per year. Perhaps, Umeda was unaware of…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adopted But Not Citizen
By Family Law
From Philly.com:She was 9 months old, a baby named Thuy Tran, when she was airlifted to an Arkansas refugee center in the last, desperate days of the Vietnam War.She was…
Family Law Prof Blog
Religious Protection in Adoption
By Family Law
From U.S. News & World Report:South Dakota joined three other states Friday that have enacted laws giving broad legal protections to faith-based organizations that refuse based on their religious beliefs…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Feminist Case Against Fathers’ Genetic Entitlement
By Tracy Thomas
Jennifer Hendricks, Fathers and Feminism: The Case Against Genetic Entitlement, 91 Tulane L.Rev. 473 (2017) This Article makes the case against a nascent consensus among feminist and other progressive scholars…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adoption or Surrogacy for Gay Parents?
By Family Law
From Slate:When my husband David and I became new parents, we thought it would be fun and perhaps even affirming to get involved with a gay dads group. As far…
Pennsylvania Family Law
Custody Standing Wars- Chapter 2
The leading case from last year in family law was the Supreme Court’s decision in D.P. v. G.J.P. 146 A.3d 204, holding that Pennsylvania’s grandparent custody statute offended principles of…
Family Law Prof Blog
National Adoption Agency Unexpectedly Closes
By Family Law
From CBS Sacramento:A nationwide adoption agency abruptly closes their doors and files for bankruptcy leaving hundreds of employees without jobs and nearly 2,000 families with questions.Independent Adoption Center sent a…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adoption App Sparks Controversy
By Family Law
From The Observer:There’s a new app that’s supposed to make adopting kids quick and easy. Like most startups, it’s targeting millennials. The tagline: “Parenthood is just a swipe away.”As its…