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Adoption
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Legal Profession Blog
Cut And Paste
A consent 30-day suspension has been approved by the Indiana Supreme CourtRespondent represented “Adoptive Parents” in adoption proceedings that were anticipated to be uncontested. In January 2021, Respondent filed documents…
Religion Clause
Israel’s Top Court OK’s Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
As reported by Times of Israel, a 3-judge panel of Israel's Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice yesterday ruled that under Israel's 1981 adoption law, same-sex couples…
Kogut & Wilson Blog
Birth Mother and Father Representation in Uncontested Adoption Proceedings
In Illinois, a child’s legal parents, who are typically the biological parents, must consent, waive or surrender their parental rights for an adoption to proceed. While this process seems straightforward,…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adopting A Friend
By Family Law
From the Japan Times:South Korean writer Eun Seo-ran was happily single, until a medical emergency made her want family around to help. But she took an unconventional route: legally adopting…
Family Law Prof Blog
Irish Adoption Law
By Family Law
From BBC:An Irish law that gave adopted people the right to access their birth records has led to more than 10,000 applications during its first year of operation.The Birth Information and…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Malinda L. Seymore on “Social Costs of Dobbs’ Pro-Adoption Agenda”
By Jamie Abrams
Malinda L. Seymore has posted Social Costs of Dobbs' Pro-Adoption Agenda on SSRN. This article is forthcoming in volume 57 of the U.C. Davis Law Review in 2023. Here is an…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adoptions in Canada
By Family Law
From CBC:Every year for the last four years, Maha Al-Zu'bi, a former Calgary professor, her husband Tahseen Kharaisat, a former local restaurant owner, and their five-year-old son Furat have dressed…
Family Law Prof Blog
Foster Care Intervention
By Family Law
From ProPublica:In many states, adoption lawyers are pushing a new legal strategy that forces biological parents to compete for custody of their children....It has become harder and harder to adopt…
Knowledge Centre
Surrogacy, Adoption and Children’s Immigration Status
By Maud Foxley
People turn to surrogacy and/or adoption in the UK or overseas in order to start or expand their families. The immigration status of a child born through surrogacy or adoption…
The Law Center, S.C. Blog
Termination of Parental Rights: Voluntary vs. Involuntary
What is a Termination of Parental Rights? Before a child may be adopted, they must be “available for adoption.” Availability can be accomplished through termination of the birth parents’ parental…