Ethical Concerns in an Adoption Proceeding Doing the Right Thing When You Adopt a Child In many ways, adoption is big business. Adoptive parents will spend a lot of money to get the child they want. Unfortunately, when there’s a lot of money involved, the best interests of everyone involved can be forgotten or ignored. […]

Several years ago United States citizens adopted about 22,000 children from foreign countries in the space of one year. That number has been decreasing at a very rapid rate and in 2013 there were over 7,000 international adoptions. There are a number of reasons this has occurred. One involves the participation of the United States […]

Taking Care of Your Grandchildren: Custody, Adoption and Guardianship If your adult children don’t have the capacity to care for their minor children, you may be contemplating asking the court to give you legal responsibility and rights to raise your grandchildren. One option is to seek custody of your grandchildren, so that they will legally […]

Is Adoption Right for You? Factors to Consider Before You Adopt You may be considering adopting a child for any of a number of reasons. Perhaps you are unable to have children of your own. Maybe you already have a family and want to provide a home for a child in need. Adoption can be […]

Can You Adopt as a Single Parent in New Jersey? Maybe you haven’t found that someone special or you just prefer to remain single, but you want to experience the joy of being a parent. So you’ve considered filing for adoption, but are uncertain whether your unmarried status will prevent you from adopting. In New […]

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 […]