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Adoption
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Land Use Prof Blog
AALS Workshop on Poverty, Immigration and Poverty/Perry on Gentrification and Transracial Adoption
I got my registration brochure this past week for the AALS Midyear Meeting to be held in San Diego in early June. Along with two criminal justice programs, it features…
The Faculty Lounge
Media, ICWA, and the Baby Girl Case
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl case. This is only the second time since the passage of ICWA that the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Ohio Adoptions
By Family Law
Proposed Ohio legislation would help adoptees get access tomedical information (as well as other information) from adoption files. House Bill 61 would allow most Ohio individuals who were adopted access theiroriginal…
Family Law Prof Blog
Photo Shoot Spotlighting Adoption of Older Children
By Family Law
From Today Moms:The face is angelic, the lighting soft and the subject is napping peacefully – just the way a newborn photo shoot should look. It took 13 years, but…
Family Law Prof Blog
Founder of Largest Adoption Agency Passes
By Family Law
Marguerite Bonnema, one of the last living founders of Bethany Christian Services (BCS), America's largest adoption agency, died recently, just days before her 100th birthday. Bonnema co-founded BCS with Mary…
Family Law Prof Blog
FamilyScholars.Org Symposium
By Family Law
FamilyScholars.org recently hosted a symposium on What is Parenthood? Reviewers included Nancy Dowd, Susan Appleton, Laura Rosenbury, Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, and several others. See details here.MR
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Widow Gives Up Her Adopted Daughter and Cuts Her Out of the Estate
Christine Svennigsen, a wealthy widow from New York, adopted two Chinese babies. After their adoption, she attempted to place her adopted children up for re-adoption unsuccessfully. Now, Svenningsen has tried…
New York Trusts & Estates Litigation
Appellate Division Decides Case of First Impression Concerning “Adopted Out” Child’s Right Of Inheritance
The term “adopted-out” child, commonly used by the courts, refers to a child adopted out of his or her biological family, i.e., a child placed for adoption by…
South Carolina Adoption Law Blog
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Family Law Prof Blog
Same-Sex Adoption in Germany
By Family Law
The Jurist reports that same-sex couples in a civil union can legally adopt the non-biological children of their partners. Read it here.MRHat Tip: Angelique Devaux