Lisa Bell of Orlando's WKMG-TV News 6 interviewed attorney Nicole Moore as part of a story regarding Florida law and adoptee access to his or her original birth certificate.Click here to watch the interview
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Almost a thousand prospective adoptive parents received an e¬mailed notice advising that Independent Adoption Center (IAC) was declaring chapter 7 bankruptcy and closing permanently, effective immediately. IAC is licensed in eight states, including Florida, with an office in Tampa. The abrupt closing of all IAC offices and its programs has…
The IAC’s Executive Director and Board President released the following statement today:It is with deep sadness that we write to inform you that the Independent Adoption Center (IAC) is declaring Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will be closing permanently effective immediately. This was an extremely difficult decision to make, but after…
The Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics recently reversed its refusal to list the names of both parents in same-sex marriages on birth certificates of children born to the marriage. Last year the Florida Department of Vital Statistics was sued by same-sex married couples who claimed the state was required to…
Watch this great Bay News 9 story on the Schierer's first Thanksgiving with their son Lucas. The Gift of Adoption Fund helped ease the financial burden of adoption for this wonderful Tampa family. Story by Bay News 9's Dalia Dangerfield.
Rep. Diane Black has taken the lead strengthening GOP support for a bipartisan plan to revive refundable tax credits for adoption-related expenses that were part of the 2010 health care law but expired.While the GOP looks to uproot pillars of the health care law (PL 111-148, PL 111-152), conservatives such…
John Romano’s Tampa Bay Times June 7, 2015 Column: Adoption was in the cards for Foster teen beautifully illustrates the adoption journey of precious Mariah Boyd, and how Mariah and her soon-to-be adoptive mom, Amy Foster, came into one another’s orbit. Exquisite outcome and a testament to perseverance and belief,…
Step Up For Students has scholarships for children in foster care or in out-of-home care.You can call 877-735-7837 or click here https://www.stepupforstudents.org/income-based-scholarship/for-parents-guardians/children-in-foster-care-or-out-of-home-care for full details, but here are the high points:
Families that cannot afford the fees for Certificate of Citizenships can apply for a Fee Waiver. For more information, go to www.uscus.gov/feewaiver