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Adoption
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Family Law Prof Blog
Iranian Single Women Can Adopt
By Family Law
From Tehran:TEHRAN – The director of children and adolescence office at the Welfare Organization has announced that a regulation is being introduced that would allow single women over 30 to…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adoptive Families Audited by IRS
By Family Law
From USA Today:Another day, another headache for the Internal Revenue Service. This time, the federal agency is being accused of mishandling the tax returns of adoptive families. A report from…
Pennsylvania Family Law
ADOPTION AND THE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT
My colleague, Aaron Weems, blogged in the beginning of May about the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. The Supreme Court issued an…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Decides Baby Veronica: Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Badolier Bag of the Ojibwa PeoplesIn an opinion by Justice Alito, a majority of the Court construed the Indian Child Welfare Act, ICWA, as not violated by the adoption of…
The Faculty Lounge
Unmarried Fathers & the Equal Protection Clause
As much of the Indian law community holds its breath waiting for the Supreme Court to decide the so-called Baby Veronica case, I’ve been thinking about an issue that’s not…
Family Law Prof Blog
Guest Post: Family law-definition and working
By Family Law
Family law is that branch of law which has to deal with the family related issuesand also domestic relationships. These relations can be between two people,unions, partners etc. The domain…
Family Law Prof Blog
Yablon-Zug: “Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl: Two and a Half Ways to Destroy Indian Law”
By Family Law
Marcia Anne Yablon-Zug (University of South Carolina School of Law) has posted her article "Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl: Two and a Half Ways to Destroy Indian Law" (forthcoming Michigan…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adult Adoption Nullified
By Family Law
From USA Today:A Florida appeals court has nullified a polo mogul's adoption of his 42-year-old girlfriend in an apparent bid to tap his children's trust fund and shield his assets…
Family Law Prof Blog
“Baby Veronica” Forum
By Family Law
An announcement from Professor Cynthia Godsoe of Brooklyn Law School:We are excited to let you know about an online forum about the ICWA “BabyVeronica” case, before the Supreme Court next…
South Carolina Adoption Law Blog
ICWA and South Carolina: Case Heads to U.S. Supreme Court
Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on 16 April 2013. The details of this case can be viewed at the U.S. Supreme Court website. The South…