The adoption journey involves not only a complex emotional journey but a complex legal one as well.  One of the legal complications revolves around the consent and revocation time periods that apply to the adoption.  Adoptive parents often have to think about the laws where they...

Adoption is guided by statutes established in each individual state.  There is no universal adoption law that applies similarly to each state.  This is why interstate adoptions can be complicated and require an attorney with specific experience and knowledge in the field.  In...

On October 6, 2014, the United States Supreme Court denied the review of the seven Federal Circuit Court rulings from the Fourth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits.  These rulings held state bans on same-sex marriage violated the U.S. Constitution.  In doing so, the Supreme Court has...

As recently reported by the Washington Post (an article in which I provided background information for), many lesbians from Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio and other states that prohibit second parent adoption are coming into the District of Columbia to give birth so that...

The “Accuracy for Adoptees Act,” requires that a Federal Certificate of Citizenship for a child born outside of the United States reflect the child's name and date of birth as indicated on a State court order or State vital records document issued by the child's State of...