21
Jan
NEW FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADOPTION
If you have a 401(k), IRA or other retirement account, the new retirement law lets you take out up to $5,000 following the birth or adoption of a child without paying the usual 10% early-withdrawal penalty. (You’ll still owe income tax on the distribution, though, unless you rep...
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21
Jan
House OKs Citizenship Fix For Kids Of Overseas Personnel
By Andrew Kragie Law360, Washington (December 3, 2019, 6:17 PM EST) — The U. S. House of Representatives easily passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would ensure automatic citizenship for children born abroad to U. S. troops, diplomats and other personnel working for the governme...
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21
Jan
ADOPTION TAX CREDIT
The IRS released Revenue Procedure 2019-44 last week (a link is here: https://www. irs. gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-19-44. pdf listing the Adoption Tax Credit adjusted numbers for 2020. The maximum amount allowed is set at $14,300 per child for 2020 (it was $14,080 in 2019). The tax credit ...
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21
Jan
Board Certified Lawyer of the Month
Check out the FIRST board certified lawyer of the month feature! Robert Webster and the benefits board certification has brought him! https://www. facebook. com/1516803585315463/photos/a. 1524610854534736/2369795346682945/? type=3&theater https://www. linkedin. com/feed/update/urn:...
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21
Jan
ACADEMY OF ADOPTION AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTION ATTORNEYS REACTS TO PAUL PETERSEN INDICTMENT FOR ADOPTION FRAUD (OCTOBER 10, 2019)
As President of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (“AAAA”), we feel it imperative to comment on the case of Paul Petersen, the Maricopa County Assessor and private attorney who was indicted in Arizona on 29 counts of fraudulent schemes and three counts o...
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21
Jan
STEPPARENT AND SECOND PARENT ADOPTIONS
A Florida appellate court has recently found a “co-parenting agreement” that “jointly and equally” gave parental authority to a couple to raise a 5-year-old boy was unenforceable. The Second District Court of Appeal in Springer v, Springer held that a biological parent could not ...
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21
Jan
Adoption and the Opioids Crisis
The Crisis The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—is a serious national crisis that affects public health as well as social and economic welfare. This issue has become a public healt...
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21
Jan
Confidentiality is a slippery slope in Adoption and Surrogacy.
1. No one can reliably guarantee that the undisclosed identities of parties in donor arrangements or adoptions will remain forever anonymous or undisclosed. While a matching program, a medical facility and related professionals can use best efforts to keep identities shielded, th...
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21
Jan
Governor Ron DeSantis Announces the appointment of adoption attorney Jeanne T. Tate to the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commissions.
Tate, with offices in Tampa, Naples, Orlando, and Merritt Island is the principal of Jeanne T. Tate, P. A. and owns her own adoption agency, Heart of Adoptions Inc. She received her bachelor’s degree and law degree from the University of Florida. Tate is reappointed from a list of...
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21
Jan
We are proud to announce that Erica Tate Healey has again been selected by Super Lawyers as one of Florida’s Rising Stars.
We are proud to announce that Erica Tate Healey has again been selected by Super Lawyers as one of Florida’s Rising Stars, a coveted honor limited to the top 2. 5% of young lawyers in our state. Erica’s practice focuses on litigation and appeals arising from contested adoptions, a...
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21
Jan
Same-Sex Couple’s Citizenship Policy Suit Moves Ahead
By Suzanne Monyak Law360 (May 16, 2019, 4:16 PM EDT) — A D. C. federal judge paved the way Wednesday for a same-sex couple’s lawsuit challenging a U. S. Department of State policy requiring a biological relationship between foreign-born children and their American parent to see the...
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21
Jan
WE SHOULD BE ALARMED THIS MANY CHILDREN ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE IT IS ALSO TROUBLING THAT GUARDIANSHIP IS SIGNIFICANTLY SURPASSING THE STATUTORILY FAVORED ADOPTION OPTION.
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