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Adoption
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Amicus Brief
By John Kang
Prof. Nancy Dowd at the U of Florida had asked me to post this:The Supreme Court Clinic of the University of Texas School of Law is planning to file an…
New York Trusts & Estates Litigation
Court Enjoins Trustees from Going to Texas for a “Second Bite at the Apple” to Stop Beneficiaries from Inheriting
In Levien v Johnson, the New York County Surrogate’s Court recently enjoined the trustees of a testamentary trust from proceeding in Texas to challenge the adoptions of two adults, Parvin…
Pennsylvania Family Law
CAN GRANDPA BECOME PA? THE EVOLVING PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY
The recent Superior Court decision In re Adoption of M.R.D. and T.M.D. offers a new challenge in the context of who can be an adoptive parent. While in her early…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Legal Parent May Still Virtually Adopt
Shalanda Sanders brought a claim in a Georgia trial court arguing that she had a right to inherit from the man that she believed was her father until she was…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
Interview with a Probate Lawyer: Richard L. Pearse, Jr.
Richard L. Pearse, Jr. of Pearse & Stinson, P.A. in Clearwater, Florida, was on the winning side of Kemp & Associates, Inc. v. Chisholm, an interesting 5th DCA opinion I…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Elton John Boycotts Dolce & Gabbana for Disparaging IVF
The Washington Post: Elton John is boycotting Dolce and Gabbana for calling children conceived with IVF ‘synthetic’, by Soraya Nadia McDonald:This year, Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana unveiled…
South Carolina Adoption Law Blog
The New Adoption.com and LDS Family Services Relationship
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The Right Coast
Arkansas state legislator Justin Harris re-homed his daughters to a rapist. But he’s also accused of trying to exorcise their demons. Literally.
This story of Arkansas state legislator Justin Harris adoption debacle has been a classic, slow-moving trainwreck, as the Arkansas press discovers disturbing new details on a near-daily basis that have…
Family Law Prof Blog
IN Adoption Records
By Family Law
From WANE:Supporters of a bill that would open up Indiana’s records to people adopted between 1941 and 1993 say it could help many thousands of people find their biological parents.Under…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
A New Federal Lawsuit, Plus Other Developments in the Alabama Marriage Litigation
A new lawsuit was filed in federal court today by Cari Searcy, the plaintiff whose earlier case led to the initial ruling by Judge Callie Granade declaring Alabama’s same-sex marriage…