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Adoption
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Family Law Prof Blog
Australian Adoptions at Lowest Levels
By Family Law
From the Canberra Times:According to statistics released late last year, Australian adoptions are currently at their lowest level since records began at the end of the 1960s. At its peak…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adoption in India
By Family Law
From the Washington Post:When Shreya Roy applied to adopt an orphan in New Delhi in 2012, she was told that the wait could be at least three years — if…
Family Law Prof Blog
Information in Adoptions
By Family Law
From Sioux City Journal:A military couple is suing the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, accusing the agency of illegally hiding the serious medical and mental health issues of…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adoption in Michigan
By Family Law
From the Detroit Free Press:On 4-1 party-line votes, the Senate Families Seniors and Human Services passed three bills that will allow Faith-based adoption agencies to refuse to serve prospective parents…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Neville Wran’s Adopted Son Suing Step-Mother For Larger Share Of Estate
The adopted son of Neville Wran, the deceased former premier of the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW), is suing his step mother for a larger portion of Wran’s…
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Re-Homing Children
By Family Law
From The Washington Post:The sisters were supposed to be moving out of neglect and chaos and into the stability of their forever home. For one of those girls, however, Arkansas…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New Scholarship from Dov Fox
Dov Fox (University of San Diego Law) has posted new scholarship on SSRN. Below are the abstracts:Race Sorting in Family Formation:Our laws afford enormous freedom not only to parents, but also…
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Italy & Hague Convention
By Family Law
From Breitbart News:The Italian Senate has ratified the Hague Convention for the protection of foreign minors but rejected the application of its Sharia adoption provisions, which envision the application of…
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Adoption Law Proposed Changes in FL
By Family Law
From CBS Miami:After an impassioned debate, the Florida Senate...approved a bill that would restore a popular adoption-subsidies program — while repealing a 38-year-old law that banned gay adoption.By a vote…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Korean Adoptee Faces Deportation
From the Associated Press:More than three decades ago, a three-year-old South Korean boy and his sister flew to the U.S. to become the adopted children of American citizens, but their…