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Family Law Prof Blog
Utah Couple to Stop Adoption, Returns Baby to Biological Mother
By Family Law
From KUTV News:A Utah couple has decided not to go through with an adoption after the baby's biological father alleged the adoption was happening against his will.But this fight is…
Family Law Prof Blog
Researchers Study Willingness to Adopt Children with Special Needs
By Family Law
From Phys.Org:Queen's University researchers Philip Burge and Dianne Groll (Psychiatry) and two co-authors have just published a study regarding the attitudes and preferences of prospective adoptive parents. The study found…
Family Law Prof Blog
The Long Shadow of China’s One-Child Adoption Policy
By Family Law
From The New York Times Magazine:If you get stuck in a crowd in China — it’s not hard to do in a country of nearly 1.4 billion — you may…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Florida Court Holds That Adoption Did Not Change Inheritance Rights
In Lubin v. AT&T Ret. Sav. Plan, a Florida court held that a child that was adopted out of a family was not excluded from benefiting from a father’s life…
Family Law Prof Blog
Intel Expands Fertility and Adoption Benefits to Entice Female Employees
By Family Law
From TODAY.com:Intel announced this week that it planned to quadruple fertility benefits and triple adoption benefits for its employees, upping the ante for large tech firms that are trying to…
Family Law Prof Blog
Oklahoma City Adoption Attorney Accused in Child Trafficking Case
By Family Law
From NewsOK:A longtime Oklahoma City adoption attorney was accused Thursday in a child trafficking case of cheating adoptive parents out of thousands of dollars. Prosecutors allege the attorney, Robert Golden Boren, created a fake company…
Family Law Prof Blog
How 3 Young Girls and an Arkansas State Official Became the Center of Adoption Controversy
By Family Law
From ABC News:An adoption controversy in Fayetteville, Ark., has ignited a debate over the controversial practice of "re-homing" and caring for adopted children that have been abused.The adoption involves three…
Family Law Prof Blog
AL Case on Adoption
By Family Law
From Ruthann Robson, writing for the Constitutional Law Prof Blog:In its opinion in Ex Parte E.L., the Alabama Supreme Court has refused to recognize an adoption of three children that…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Alabama Supreme Court Denies Full Faith and Credit to Lesbian “Second-Parent” Adoption
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Ex Parte E.L., the Alabama Supreme Court has refused to recognize an adoption of three…
Family Law Prof Blog
Broken Adoptions Symposium
By Family Law
On Friday October 23rd please join government officials, non-profit agencies, youth formerly in foster care and academics in-person in NYC or via live webcast in order to discuss challenges youth…