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Family Law Prof Blog
Mexico Adoption-For-Cash Scheme Took Babies From Mothers
By Family Law
From CBS News:A child welfare official in northern Mexico took at least nine babies from poor or drug-addicted mothers and offered them to adoptive parents in exchange for payments ranging…
The Right Coast
Parents Sue After Doctors Decide Their Child Is a Girl
(Newser) Pam and Mark Crawford of Greenville, SC, adopted MC when he was just 20 months old and then considered female. Born with "true hermaphroditism" or both male and female…
ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: Somewhere Between
Somewhere Between WINNER PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD, Hot Docs Los Angeles Film Festival JURY PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY, Milwaukee Film Festival Vancouver International Film FestivalWhen China passed its One Child Policy to…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Second Parent Adoption Goes Through–After 25 Years
By Tracy Thomas
In case you needed a reminder about the power of law to individuals' lives, here's the story of my colleague after Obergefell.New Franklin Woman Now Has Two Moms; Supreme Court Gay…
Family Law Prof Blog
Canada’s ‘Broken’ Adoption System Leaves Children Stranded
By Family Law
From CBC News:A childless couple are giving up on adoption after battling what they say is a broken system that leaves thousands of Canadian children stuck in provincial care instead of…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
Michigan Governer Signs Religious Freedom Adoption Bill
On Thursday June 11, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) signed legislation that would allow private adoption agencies to refuse adoption services to individuals based on religious grounds.Critics of the bill…
Family Law Prof Blog
Ugandan Families Tricked into Adoption
By Family Law
From Catholic Online:Ugandan families have been bribed, tricked or coerced into giving up their children to U.S. citizens and other foreigners for adoption, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation has found.Leaked…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Lack Of Notice To The Biological Father Does Not Invalidate Long-Established Adoption.
In 1961, a non-marital child was properly adopted under Texas law which at that time required consent only of the child’s mother; father had no notice of the birth or…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Known Sperm Donor Need Not Receive Notice Of Adoption Of Child Conceived Through IVF
A and B, a married same-sex couple, petitioned for joint adoption of their son, N, who was conceived through IVF using a known sperm donor and born to A during…
Family Law Prof Blog
Open Adoptions in Nebraska
By Family Law
From Lincoln Journal Star:The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday affirmed a lower court's decision to return a baby to his biological parents after spending more than a year with his…