Title:
Adoption law handbook : practice, resources, and forms for family law professionals / Jennifer Fairfax.
Author:
Fairfax, Jennifer.
American Bar Association. Section of Family Law.
Publication Information:
Chicago : American Bar Association, Section of Family Law, ©2011.
Call Number:
KF545 .F35 2011
Abstract:
Adoption is a process that can require both time and patience. This guide helps you efficiently handle all steps in an adoption case, from consultation through finalization. Jennifer Fairfax, an experienced adoption attorney covers the primary types of adoption, both domestic and international, and examines the full range of issues impacting the adoption process, including the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, special needs, adult, and stepparent adoptions, financing and tax issues, open records, and wrongful adoption.
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Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781614381150
9781614381167
Physical Description:
xviii, 479 pages : forms ; 23 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Subject Term:
Contents:
Adoption overview -- Client intake, advice, and consultations -- Home study -- Domestic private agency adoption -- Public agency adoptions -- Independent adoption -- Interstate compact on placement of children -- Biological fathers -- Consent, relinquishment, and termination of parental rights -- Second-parent or co-parent adoptions -- Post-adoption contact agreements (PACA) -- Indian Child Welfare Act -- Stepparent adoptions -- Cost and financing -- Adult adoption -- Open adoption records -- Disruption and dissolution -- Failure of disclosure and tort of wrongful adoption.
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