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Tax Credit Update

The Adoption Tax Credit was recently made permanent by the legislation Congress passed to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” Congress can still choose to alter the credit in the future with legislation but the credit no longer has to be renewed and revisited each year. The...

Where to Begin? Part 2 (for Adoptive Families)

Where to Start? Part 2 Adoptive Families often find the beginning of the adoption process overwhelming and intimidating. If you have experienced infertility, it is very important that you first grieve this loss sufficiently before jumping into an adoption. The next...

Where to Begin? Part 1 (for Birth Mothers)

Many birth mothers who contact me begin our conversation by stating, “I just didn’t know where to begin.” Thanks to the Internet and the relatively new but increasingly frequent appearance of adoption in our popular culture, adoption is now part of our regular...

One Year Anniversary

This month marks the year anniversary of the Florida District Court’s finding that the Florida ban on gay adoption is unconstitutional. Hundreds of children who were languishing in foster care have been adopted by gay families during this year. A Christian and...

Latest on Adoption Tax Credit

I receive a number of questions each week about the Adoption Tax Credit, hence the subject of this blog. The current Adoption Tax Credit will expire on December 31st, 2011. The current Adoption Tax Credit is fully refundable, which means that the taxpayer is fully...

Florida’s Guardian ad Litem Program needs YOU!

Today’s Gainesville Sun contains an article on the 8th Judicial Circuit’s Guardian ad Litem Program (“GAL”). The article focuses on Kathy Donavan, the Program’s Assistant Circuit Director, who is an incredible asset to GAL and Florida. Kathy, like the hundreds of...

Dangers of Alcohol

Many adoptive families raise the concern of potential drug use by birth mothers and the possible deleterious effects on the infant/child. Drugs are obviously potentially harmful. However, alcohol has proved to be much more damaging and with wide ranging long term...

Adoption Tax Credit

I have received a number of calls in the past few weeks about the adoption tax credit. The IRS has yet to post the new form 1089 for 2010 but some have indicated that the new form should be ready by next week. As soon as it is available, I will post a link. Also, I...

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