There have been several articles in the newspapers and on television lately about something which has been given the name of “Re-Homing.” Re-Homing is the placement of a child previously adopted by a family, with another family. The news articles dealt primarily with adoptive placements of children from foreign countries. Adopting families on some occasions […]

There have been a number of articles lately relating to people who are taken advantage of or being scammed with regard to adoptions. While this is a relatively rare occurrence, nevertheless this is what makes headlines. One of the best ways to protect yourself from those unscrupulous individuals who prey on families who are looking […]

Lessons Learned from the Jason Patric Case I’m sure many of you have been following the Jason Patric case in California. Jason Patric was a sperm donor for a woman who wished to have a child. Ultimately a child was born and Mr. Patric, a well known actor, became involved in the child’s life. Problems […]

Years ago about the only way to adopt a child was through a licensed adoption agency. That was expanded in most states to allow adoption through a “direct placement.” This is a placement where arrangements are made by the birth mother, and birth father if applicable, with the adopting parents without the assistance of an […]

Help for Children Adopted Abroad Around the holidays the US Senate and House of Representatives passed an act to allow the birth certificates of children who were adopted from foreign countries to be corrected, and for the federal government to recognize those corrections so that the child’s birth date would be accurately reflected. President Obama […]

Adoption Tax Credit Made Permanent as of January 2013 Information supplied by Donald C, Cofsky, Esquire On January 1, 2013, Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8), and it was signed into law by President Obama on January 2, 2013. The Adoption Tax Credit was one of the provisions of the […]

New Jersey was the first state in the union to adopt a policy stating that couples seeking to adopt children may not be discriminated against due to sexual orientation or marital status. It is one of the easier states in the union for same-sex couples to adopt children in. The standard, appropriately, for adopting a […]

On May 27, 2014 New Jersey became one of approximately 10 states to allow adoptees access to their original birth certificates. Bills had been proposed for well over 15 years in New Jersey, each failing to pass, but recently the Legislature approved one. The Governor conditionally vetoed it in order to provide additional protections for […]

In today’s fast-moving culture, it’s challenging enough just to raise a biological child or an adopted child who hasn’t been abused. Adopting a child who has been abused requires parents to have extra stores of emotional intelligence and availability — and a large and strong support network, as well as significant amounts of resilience and […]

Blended families are increasingly common in second marriages. In fact, some 65 percent of second marriages include children from a prior marriage. While you cannot simply fill in the blank on a form to adopt your stepchild with the assistance of an experienced adoption attorney, adopting a stepchild is easier than you think, and the […]