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Family Law Prof Blog
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By Family Law
"A wealthy woman accused of kidnapping a 7-week old baby was adopting him, her lawyer said, but police claim she took the baby after his teenage mother rejected her offer…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Intestacy and Step-Partner Adoptions
Peter T. Wendel (Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law), has recently published an article entitled Inheritance Rights and the Step-Partner Adoption Paradigm: Shades of the Discrimination Against Illegitimate…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Unmarried Biological Father’s Consent Required For Adoption If Paternity Uncontested in Other Prior Proceedings
By Family Law
The Florida Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's order of adoption without securing the consent of the biological father. The child and Mother had both tested positive for cocaine…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Ohio Court of Appeals Says Woman Claiming Priest Impregnated Her 40 Years Ago May Proceed with Action against Archdiocese
By Family Law
The Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a woman claiming a Catholic priest impregnated her 40 years ago and coerced her into putting the baby girl up…
Family Law Prof Blog
PING: Spring ReadingURL: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/perry032/impossible/spring_reading.htmlIP: 128.101.98.16BLOG NAME: Six Impossible Things Before BreakfastDATE: 05/09/2006 08:49:02 AMAn adoption issue that seems to never go away, from the Philly Inquirer: “For adoptees, racial divide still wide: Families may be colorblind, but the world is not” (Via Negrophile) Adoption today is a rainbow of color and country; thousands…
By Family Law
"Women are getting paid as surrogate mothers to help Western couples with infertility problems. Is s1uch outsourcing a logical outgrowth of India's fast economic growth or an ethically troubling trend?"…
Family Law Prof Blog
Catholic Church Ends Adoption Services in Massachusetts
By Family Law
It is reported that the Catholic Charities of Boston is ending its adoption program in Massachusetts for good. Its says that it will not renew a contract with the state…
Family Law Prof Blog
Report Finds No Child-centered Reason to Prevent Gays and Lesbians from Becoming Adoptive Parents
By Family Law
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Released a Report Friday that finds there that there is no child-centered reason to prevent gays and lesbians from becoming adoptive parents. The report…
Family Law Prof Blog
San Francisco Archbishop Says Adoption of Children by Same-Sex Households Conflicts with Catholic Teachings – Indicates Adoption Program must be “in Synch” with Church’s Views
By Family Law
San Francisco's archbishop, George Niederauer, while not barring placing minor children for adoption with same-sex couples, has indicated that this conflicts with Roman Catholic teachings on homosexuality. The archbishop has…
Family Law Prof Blog
Commentary: How Can a Man Protect His Paternity Rights When Mother Wants to Place the Child for Adoption?
By Family Law
The New York Times ran a story in its Sunday, March 19 edition entitled “Unwed Fathers Fight for Babies Placed for Adoption by Mothers.” (See our analysis of March 20…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Developments: Counsel in TRP Not Ineffective for Failing to Investigate Effect of Adoption on Child’s Tribal Rights and Benefits
By Family Law
The California Court of Appeals holds that a child's attorney in a termination of parental rights proceeding has not rendered ineffective assistance if the attorney does not investigate the effect…