Celebrate Adoption in November with the Johnson Family A number of newspaper articles across the state have featured a family which includes a recently adopted teen from Gainesville. The article doesn’t mention that the adoptive mom, Kim Johnson, has not only opened...
Children’s Home Society Mid-Florida Fall Newsletter I handled Kenny’s adoption a few years ago and I am so happy to hear how well he is doing. Kenny wrote a letter to the mother of a classmate asking him to adopt her. In the letter, he explained that he...
The IRS has released an excellent summary of the adoption tax credit. As I have indicated back in February when it was passed, the Affordable Care Act raises the maximum adoption credit to $13,170 per child. It also makes the credit REFUNDABLE, meaning that eligible...
adoption_report.html This report states that the low percentage of adoption is actually not due to an increase in rate of abortions (which is actually lower) but rather to an increase in the number of women willing to parent solo.
2010100512140106.pdf The attached article describes a recent adoption in which I had the honor of participating. This adoption final hearing was especially poignant for many reasons. I have known the child adopted, Annie, for several years. I represented her as an...
ethicalrep_final_10_10.pdf New brief from the ABA regarding advocating for very young children in dependency proceedings. I enthusiastically agree with the author’s assertion that attorneys representing young children must be familiar with childhood development...
