With the passage and implementation of Adoption and Safe Family’s Act of 1997, thousands of adoptions of children and youth from the foster care system are occurring in every U.S. state and territory each year. After parental rights have been terminated, each adoption requires close collaboration between the lawyer finalizing the adoption and the social
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Establishing Universal Checklists When Lawyers and Social Workers Collaborate on Adoptions of Youth from the Foster Care System
With the passage and implementation of Adoption and Safe Family’s Act of 1997, thousands of adoptions of children and youth from the foster care system are occurring in every U.S. state and territory each year. After parental rights have been terminated, each adoption requires close collaboration between the lawyer finalizing the adoption and the social
The Right Side of History
Some days are more significant than others in our world of adoption. Friday, June 26, 2015, was one of those days. For twenty five years I have represented same sex couples in the endeavor to build their families. Until that recent Friday in June, children born or adopted into these families were especially vulnerable. For