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Adoption
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Susan Appleton & Robert Pollak on the Connections Between IVF and Adoption
Susan Frelich Appleton (Washington University School of Law) & Robert A. Pollack (Washington University - Olin Business School) have posted Exploring the Connections between Adoption and IVF: Twibling Analyses on…
Family Law Prof Blog
Portraits
By Family Law
Florida has a novel plan to increase adoptions of foster children. Read about it here.MR
Family Law Prof Blog
Appleton & Pollak: “Exploring the Connections between Adoption and IVF: Twibling Analyses”
By Family Law
Susan Appleton (Wash. Univ. School of Law St. Louis) & Robert Pollak (Wash. Univ. Saint Louis Buss. School) have posted "Exploring the Connections between Adoption and IVF: Twibling Analyses" (95…
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Binford: “Saving Haiti’s Children from Hell”
By Family Law
Warren Binford (Willamette Univ. College of Law) has posted "Saving Haiti’s Children from Hell" on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Haiti’s devastating earthquake in January 2010 left thousands of children orphaned…
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Russian Adoption Trends
By Family Law
From WPLN News:It was a year ago this week that a small town nurse in Shelbyville put the international adoption world into an uproar. Fearful of her newly adopted son,…
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Adoption of Children with HIV Rises
By Family Law
From The Seattle Times:While most adoptions present challenges, there's a distinctive set of them facing parents who decide to adopt children living with HIV. A twice-daily medication regimen, lingering prejudice…
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Troubling Adoptions
By Family Law
From the Chicago Tribune:The "Baby Tamia" case shined a light on the unregulated corners of for-profit adoption and sparked a new law, ensuring that adoption was about building families, not…
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Carlson: “Seeking the Better Interests of Children with a New International Law of Adoption”
By Family Law
Richard Carlson (South Texas College of Law) has posted "Seeking the Better Interests of Children with a New International Law of Adoption" (55 N.Y.L. S. L. Rev. 1 (2011)) on…
South Carolina Adoption Law Blog
Tax Identification Number for Children Pending an Adoption
This link has a list of FAQ concerning social security numbers for children. One of the questions and answers is: What if my child is adopted? We can assign your adopted child a Social…
Family Law Prof Blog
Fewer International Adoptions in the United States
By Family Law
From the Telegraph:In 2004, American families adopted almost 23,000 children from around the world, but by 2010 that figure had more than halved to 11,058, according to US State Department figures."We…