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 be forced to share parental rights…
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 health crisis with devastating consequences including increases in opioid misuse and related overdoses, as well as…
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, they have no control over the future behavior of…
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 nominees submitted…
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, and she also handles…
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 inside of a courtroom. In a minute order…
https://www.myflfamilies.com/programs/childwelfare/dashboard/?fbclid=IwAR0Uchc6mv03wiN862XTMjTn0koKuO3pC6ehKlhEeH1WDjAKAV2D56nylWQ
The FBI is looking for victims who may have been defrauded by The Surrogacy Group (TSG) LLC, based in Annapolis, Maryland, and Tampa, Florida.
Congratulations to adoption attorney Jeanne T. Tate who has been named as the Lawyer of the Year in Family Law by Best Lawyers in Florida, Tampa Edition 2019. This recognition is based on nomination and peer review by other lawyers based on Jeanne’s professional abilities and quality of legal services.…
The well respected Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys opposes the permanent placement of migrant children for adoption without the consent of their parents, especially without exhaustive efforts to locate the parents are made. AAAA’s Resolution Concerning Migrant Children can be found at https://adoptionart.org/about-aaaa/publications/resolutions.