Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Gay Couple Loses Louisiana Fight to Be Named on Birth Certificate

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As reported by Leslie Fenton (whose story about adopting her own son I blogged about here ): It was muggy late summer New Orleans, hurrica...
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DON'T let this be you!

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Here's an "Ask Rene" letter at Good Enough Mother (a parenting but not adoptive-parenting site): Hi Rene, Our daughter Kel...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Zoe Got Her Answer!

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 Remember when Zoe sent a question to Mei Magazine for Dr. Amanda Baden to answer?  Well, her question and answer appeared in the Sprin...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

What AM I?

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In adoption circles, we're familiar with that sometimes irritating question, "What ARE you?" directed at mixed-race and non-mi...
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Student Guest Post: "Losing Isaiah"

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by Paul Daly I realize that I’m about sixteen years late on this, but I just came across “Losing Isaiah” on Netflix, and since I’m curren...
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Student Guest Post: Shiloh Restored

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by Kate Echols Since I begin a course in Adoption Law this spring, I have been struck by the number of stories I am now exposed to that in...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Kid-Free Saturday Night

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Both Zoe and Maya had sleep-overs on Saturday night.  Yahoo, a kid-free evening!  Doesn't happen all that often.  I'm afraid I didn...
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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Colorblind Parenting More Harmful Than Helpful

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USAToday article reports on the Council on Contemporary Families, including Adam Pertman's new book and this research on transracial a...
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Friday, April 8, 2011

Domestic Adoption is the New Black

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Babble , reporting on the new trend in celebrity adoption: Domestic adoption is becoming the new international adoption in celebrity circle...
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Student Guest Post: Resources for Kinship Care

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by Christina Weber and Emily Brooks This semester we have been exploring issues regarding adoption law. Recently, we read an article by J...
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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Would Government Shutdown Affect International Adoption?

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Here's what one adoption agency is telling its clients : Unfortunately, it appears that the Department of State and USCIS will be affec...

Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Adoption Ban for Unmarried Couples

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In 2008, Arkansas voters approved a ballot initiative that prohibited adoption and foster care placements with any unmarried couple, gay or ...

Student Guest Post: Review of First Person Plural

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Review:  Deann Borshay Liem's First Person Plural by Steve Harris The candid first person account given by Deann’s adoptive American...
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Student Guest Posts Coming!

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Some of you know that I'm a law professor, and that I teach Adoption Law. I'm teaching it this semester, and I'm trying somethin...

China: One-Child Policy v. One-Child Preference

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Great New York Times article about China's one-child policy, arguing that more Chinese are choosing to have only one child for economic...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Salon: Why I have to adopt my own son

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At Salon , a well-written and compelling look at second parent adoption by one member of a lesbian couple: I woke up that morning, thoughts...

Psychology Today: Why Adoptees Need to Find Their Biological Parents

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From Dr. Stephen J. Betchen, adult adoptee, at Psychology Today : I can't speak for all adopted children but I can say—after interviewi...

Qingming Festival

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Monday marked the start of the 3-day Chinese Qingming Festival . The festival includes Tomb-Sweeping Day, where young and old alike visit th...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Tangled Up Adoption Talk

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Tangled is out in  DVD now, which has thrilled the girls.  We loved it in the theater and I'm sure we'll watch it a million times o...
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Monday, April 4, 2011

Adoption tax credit nets family $54,000 refund

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From CNN Money : The Wards couldn't believe the news when their tax preparer called to tell them they're getting a $54,000 refund t...
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