Adoption subsidies provide critical support for maintaining permanency for some of the country’s most vulnerable children. These benefits are available to most children adopted in the U.S. from foster care and children with special needs adopted privately. In most cases, the benefits are available until the child reaches adulthood. Read…
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) issued an updated Bulletin on January 27, 2021 reaffirming its position supporting the COVID vaccine, which can be found here. The text of the Bulletin follows:
Every year, Super Lawyers puts out their Top Lawyer List. For 2020, Board Certified Florida Adoption Attorney Jeanne T. Tate was named as a Top 10 Lawyer on the Florida Super Lawyers list!
The Adoption Tax Credit can be an important part of helping our clients adopt whether they are adopting through the foster care system, domestically, or internationally. An adoptive family can apply the Adoption Tax Credit toward their federal tax liability when they file their tax return. This means that the…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can improve reproductive technology by increasing treatment options and pregnancy outcomes, according to an article in Healthcare Tech Outlook. Researchers have trained an AI algorithm to objectively identify high and low quality embryos. According to the article, the information the algorithm can supply regarding the embryo quality…
While starting the adoption process, prospective adoptive parents commonly have questions about the initial home study. Criminal and child abuse background checks are part of the home study process. One question our office receives is whether a past criminal conviction will result in the prospective adoptive parents being denied a…
With Halloween around the corner, the end of the year will swiftly follow. Jeanne T. Tate, P.A. is currently reviewing our cases and scheduling qualifying families for adoption finalization by year end. Our office does this every year to assist eligible families obtain the adoption tax credit, which is claimed…
Jeanne T. Tate, P.A.is very proud to announce that Erica Tate Healey has been accepted into membership in the prestigious Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys. The Academy is an organization of nearly 500 highly vetted attorneys across the world dedicated to the competent and ethical practice of adoption and…
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If you are considering adopting a child whose legal parent(s) pre-deceased the adoption, it is imperative that you apply for social security survivor’s benefits before effectuating the adoption. Finalizing the adoption without these in place is a death knell for survivor’s benefits; however, establishing the benefits because of the death of a…