Board Certified Adoption Attorney Martha Curtis is no stranger to relative adoption. She’s been handling these cases for over 30 years. Below, Martha addresses one...
As of November 2022, Martha A. Curtis Boggs has announced her official retirement. We salute you, Martha. Thank you for over 20 years of dedicated service as a full-time adoption attorney.
Martha will remain with the firm on an “Of Counsel” basis. She is a Board-Certified Adoption Attorney who practices exclusively in the area of adoptions, surrogacy, and reproductive law. She has practiced law for over thirty years, earning her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida College of Law in 1978. She has lectured on adoption and surrogacy law and is a member of the prestigious Academy of Adoption and Reproduction Attorneys and the Florida Adoption Council.
Martha’s practice embraces the full range of adoption practice, including adoption agency representation in private adoption placements within the State of Florida as well as Interstate Compact adoptions, representation of Hague-accredited agencies in intercountry adoption placements, representation of domestic and foreign adoptive parents in adoption finalizations, as well as adoptive parent representation in grandparent and relative adoptions, stepparent adoptions, adult adoptions, finalization of foreign adoptions and recognition of foreign adoptions. Martha also focuses on gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, preplanned adoption, egg donation, sperm donation and preembryo donation matters, providing legal advice and representation in contract negotiations and in the legal process for establishment of parentage.
During her career, she has been active in The Florida Bar, the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers (HAWL). She has served on the board of directors of the Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind, Bayshore Little League and HAWL, is a past President of HAWL, and has been active in numerous other civic, school, professional and charitable organizations. Martha has handled numerous pro bono adoption cases through her volunteer work with the Bay Area Volunteer Lawyers Program (BAVLP) and with the Florida Kinship Care Center at the University of South Florida, providing legal advice and representation to kinship caregivers seeking to adopt, and, in Spring 2009, was honored by the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit with its Pro Bono Program H.A.V.E. A HEART award in recognition of her exceptional pro bono service to the community.
Barbara knows her stuff. She's very organized. She's thorough. She's responsive. She's personable and enjoyable to work with. She cares deeply about the families she serves. I could go on and on. Every interaction was on point. We couldn't recommend Barbara enough for your adoption.
This law firm is first class. The processed our adoption wonderfully. They communicate so well and make the process easy. We had a contested adoption which was tough but they stayed the course and took care of everything. Wonderful staff and wonderful to work with. Would definitely recommend. We have used other attorneys in other failed adoptions and they were not at the level as Jeanne Tate’s firm.
There is no better adoption attorney than Jeanne Tate! Her knowledge and expertise of adoption law is exceptional, and her compassion and "bedside manner" as you go through your adoption journey is second to none. I would highly recommend Jeanne and her firm!
We are so grateful to our amazing attorney, Rob Webster for all of his hard work, support and guidance throughout our adoption intervention case. Rob is incredibly knowledgeable about adoption law and his experience and professionalism is obvious. We cannot thank Rob and all the staff at Jeanne Tate Law Offices enough for helping us adopt our 3rd child. They are truly an outstanding law firm!
My husband and I were fortunate enough to be connected to the Law Offices of Jeanne Tate. The adoption process can be challenging and intimidating, but the staff, especially Daneille, guided us smoothly from placement to finalization. We deeply appreciate the highly professionally and compassionate services of this law firm and without hesitation highly recommend them.
Even 1 Million stars wouldn't be enough! We will be forever grateful for the offices of Jeanne T. Tate- Ms. Kim Lewis and Mrs. Erica Healey. Thank you for your hard work and absolute dedication to what you all do; we couldn't be happier!
The adoption team you want in your corner!
Erica, Kim, and the whole Tate Law Firm were exceptional in helping us to get through all the ups and downs of our specific family adoption case. There doesn't seem to be a situation that they can't help you through. Even as we face another family adoption, Erica and team are our go-to team!
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