Family Law

Adoption Law From A to Z: What Family Lawyers Need to Know

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5 hours 50 minutes
Louis Guzzo
David Bice
Susan Meisel Levin
Karen Law
With Louis G. Guzzo from Law Office of Louis G. Guzzo + 3 others
Recorded November 17, 2025.
Product ID 101168

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Overview

Explore the Process From Adoptive Parent and Birth Parent Perspectives

What if you could learn the ins and outs of adoption law in just six hours? This course makes it possible! Join our distinguished faculty as they fill you in on what it means to obtain informed consent from birth parents, key considerations when placing for children for adoption, guidelines for navigating post-adoption legal issues, and much more. Nurture your understanding of adoption law - register today!

  • Get a quick rundown of different adoption types and options.
  • Discover key procedures for placing children for adoption.
  • Examine best practices for handling issues with contested adoptions.
  • Formulate strategies for representing both prospective adoptive and birth parents.
  • Identify the dos and don'ts of finalizing the adoption.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Overview of Adoption Types, Options, and Laws
  2. Representing the Prospective Adoptive Parents: What You Need to Know
  3. Adoption Process From the Perspective of the Birth Parents
  4. Understanding Consent in Adoption
  5. Steering Through Contested Adoption and Parental Rights Issues
  6. Finalizing the Adoption and Navigating Post-Adoption Legal Matters
  7. Ethical Issues in Adoption Law

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Product ID 101168

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware Certified Paralegal Program Approved 6 Total
Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Indiana Paralegal CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
NFPA Approved 0 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Overview of Adoption Types, Options, and Laws

  2. Representing the Prospective Adoptive Parents: What You Need to Know

  3. Adoption Process From the Perspective of the Birth Parents

  4. Understanding Consent in Adoption

  5. Steering Through Contested Adoption and Parental Rights Issues

  6. Finalizing the Adoption and Navigating Post-Adoption Legal Matters

  7. Ethical Issues in Adoption Law

    1. Identifying and Resolving Conflicts of Interest
    2. Dual Representation
    3. Safeguarding Confidentiality
    4. Attorneys' Fees

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Adoption agency employees, social workers, guardians ad litem, counselors, and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Louis G Guzzo
Louis G.
Guzzo
Law Office of Louis G. Guzzo
David B Bice
David B.
Bice
The Bice Law Group
Susan Meisel Levin
Susan
Meisel Levin
Law Offices of Susan Meisel Levin, P.A.
Karen S Law
Karen S.
Law
Law Offices of Karen S Law PLC
Speaker bio
Louis G Guzzo

Louis G. Guzzo

Law Office of Louis G. Guzzo
Louis Guzzo

is a sole practitioner in the Law Office of Louis G. Guzzo, where he concentrates his practice in all issues relating to family law, including divorce, custody, child support, adoption, and domestic violence matters. He serves as an early settlement panelist for Burlington and Camden counties; and is a member of the Camden County (member, Family Law Committee); New Jersey State and American bar associations. Mr. Guzzo is also a former member of the Thomas S. Forkin Inns of Court. He earned his B.S. degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and his J.D. degree from Rutgers University School of Law.

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David B Bice

David B. Bice

The Bice Law Group
David Bice

earned his B.A. degree from the University of Virginia in 1978, and his J.D. degree from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law in 1984. He maintains a private practice, which is primarily centered in family law, the collaborative practice model and civil litigation. Mr. Bice is active with the local bar, serving as president of the Young Attorneys Section. He just finished his last term on the board of the Lynchburg Bar Association. Mr. Bice developed a series of training programs for special justices that were presented to the state’s special justices for two years, 2001 & 2002 prior to the current mandatory programs offered. He has been a contributor to a number of special projects including the Virginia Supreme Court’s Commission on Mental Health Law 2008-2009, Rules Task Force 2010-11, Ethics Panel 2012, Task Force to review restoration of firearms rights 2013, and most recently served for two years on a legislative work group convened to redraft the statutes on mandatory outpatient treatment. Mr. Bice continues to serve as a member of the faculty for OES trainings. On separate fronts, he has written articles for the Virginia State Bar, and just finished his term on the Technology and the Practice of Law Committee with the Virginia State Bar, as well as presenting in various areas for family law seminars both locally and nationally. Based on a peer review, Mr. Bice has received the designation of Super Lawyer in Family Law. Mr. Bice has also received the designation from the Virginia Law Foundation as Qualified Master Counselor in Divorce and Family Law Practice.

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Susan Meisel Levin

Susan Meisel Levin

Law Offices of Susan Meisel Levin, P.A.
Susan Meisel Levin

owns a Miami-based adoption practice and has placed hundreds of children for adoption. She represents birth/adoptive/foster parents and agencies in domestic and intercountry cases, including contested cases and appeals. She routinely consults with adoptive parents, agencies, and public domestic authorities on incoming and out-going adoptions from Hague and other countries. She advises clients nationwide on adoption-related immigration options for foreign born children. Ms. Levin is Board Certified in Adoption Law. She is a 1992 graduate of the University of Florida College of Law (top 6%).  She clerked for an appellate court judge, taught at the Florida State University College of Law, and served as in-house counsel at an adoption agency. Ms. Levin earned an LL.M. in Intercultural Human Rights from St. Thomas University of Law where she was the LL.M editor of the Law Review and won numerous academic awards, including one on Women's Rights and Rights of the Child.

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Karen S Law

Karen S. Law

Law Offices of Karen S Law PLC
Karen Law

is an adoption and immigration attorney practicing in Virginia. Her immigration practice is national. Ms. Law graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1985 and became licensed in Virginia in that same year. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Virginia State Bar and Virginia Women Attorneys Association. Ms. Law also co-chaired the International Adoptions Committee for the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys for three years and served on the AILA International Operations Liaison Committee for two years. Working with those professional associations, she submitted comments to USCIS on proposed rules, operating procedures and policy memoranda. Ms. Law also has assisted with drafting federal and state legislation and has provided comments and technical expertise to legislators. She was designated as a 2013 Angel in Adoption by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption. In cooperation with the Loudoun County Department of Family Services and the Virginia Women Attorneys Association, Ms. Law has co-chaired the annual celebration of adoption in Loudoun County, Virginia, Loudoun Adoption Day, for eleven years. She often speaks at national conferences on intercountry adoption issues and publishes articles on those same topics. Ms. Law enjoys volunteering at orphanages throughout the world, including South Africa, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, Belize, and Jamaica.

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