Adoption, Adoption Attorney, Adoption Law, Legal

IRS Audits of Adoption Tax Credits

Jeanne T. Tate Adoption, Adoption Attorney, Adoption Law, Legal August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

IRS AUDITS OF ADOPTION TAX CREDIT The Adoption Tax Credit was created by Congress in 1996 to encourage adoption by helping offset the costs. This laudable objective is being destabilized according to a report released by Fox News that 70% of taxpayers claiming the adoption tax credit were audited by…

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Adoption Entity Required in Florida for Most Adoptions

Jeanne T. Tate Adoption, Adoption Attorney, Adoption Law, Legal August 30, 2021November 3, 2024

In Florida, it is unlawful for any person other than an Adoption Entity to place or attempt to place a child for adoption. There is an exception if the child is being placed with a close relative or with a stepparent.

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What You Need to Know about the Child Tax Credit

Jeanne T. Tate Uncategorized July 15, 2021December 30, 2021

Starting Thursday, July 15, the IRS will begin issuing advanced payments of the child tax credit to families who make $150,000 or less each year or single parents who earn $75,000 or less each year. The standard child tax credit is usually $2,000; this year it’s up to $3,600 for…

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Jeanne Tate on the Cover of Super Lawyers Magazine

Jeanne T. Tate Uncategorized June 24, 2021November 6, 2021

Florida Adoption Attorney Jeanne Tate was the featured cover story on the 2021 Super Lawyers Magazine by Thomson Reuters. This article highlights Jeanne’s long history of uniting children with families. She adamantly believes that there is a home for every child, and she has made it her life’s work to…

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Can I Get Financial Assistance to Adopt?

Jeanne T. Tate Uncategorized May 24, 2021November 28, 2021

Can I get financial assistance to adopt? There are many families who would love to adopt but do not take the first step because of the financial hurdles that lay before them. They see these cost challenges and often put the brakes on any further thoughts of adoption. There is…

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Florida Adoption Attorney Jeanne Tate Recognized as a 2021 Top Rated Lawyer on Avvo

Jeanne T. Tate Adoption Attorney, Adoption Law, Legal April 8, 2021November 28, 2021

In April, Jeanne achieved the 2021 Top-Rated Lawyer Award by Avvo in recognition of her flawless track record and superlative service. Take a look below to see what people are saying about Jeanne: Achieving a perfect Avvo Rating of 10 and receiving a dozen gleaming 5-star reviews on Avvo, it’s…

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Jeanne Tate Named AV Preeminent Rated Adoption Attorney Once Again for 2021

Jeanne T. Tate Uncategorized March 30, 2021November 28, 2021

Congratulations to Jeanne T. Tate for achieving an AV Preeminent® rating once again for 2021, the highest possible peer rating standard! Jeanne T. Tate is a Board Certified Adoption Attorney and the managing partner of Jeanne T. Tate, P.A., with offices in Tampa, Naples, Orlando, and Merritt Island.

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Every Child Deserves a Family

Jeanne T. Tate Uncategorized December 9, 2020November 28, 2021

If you believe, as I passionately do, that every child deserves a family, then join my like-minded colleagues and me. Let’s be the tsunami that washes over our communities, effectively raising the water level of awareness toward adoption. Here is but a smattering of suggestions for you to get involved…

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Step Up to Help: Foster Care Children

Jeanne T. Tate Uncategorized December 3, 2020November 28, 2021

This is a time to raise awareness of the children in foster care who are waiting to be adopted and to raise the collective consciousness about adoption, starting right here in our own corner of the sky. Our foster care kids are crying out, yet discouragingly more children enter the…

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