Family Law

4.18

Adoption Law Perspectives: Expert Solutions for Complex Issues

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Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Approved 3 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 3 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 3 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
California CLE Approved 3 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
Florida CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 3 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 3 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 3.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
Utah CLE Approved 3 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
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2 hours 57 minutes
Deborah Spivack
Dana Eberle
Colleen Quinn
With Deborah E. Spivack + others
Recorded December 09, 2024
Product ID 99463

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Overview

Discover High-Level Techniques for Handling Challenges in Adoption Cases

Take your skills to the next level! In this guide, our distinguished attorney faculty dig deep into advanced issues that arise in adoption law. From techniques for negotiating open adoption agreements to strategies for overcoming hurdles when handling interstate adoptions, resolve thorny adoption issues with ease - register today!

  • Troubleshoot complex challenges associated with terminating parental rights.
  • Discover sophisticated strategies for handling contested adoptions.
  • Get veteran insights into tackling post-adoption issues.
  • Detangle issues involving unmarried couples and same-sex adoptions.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Terminating Parental Rights - Overcoming Common Challenges
  2. Expert Insights Into Handling Contested Adoptions
  3. Resolving Post-Adoption Issues
  4. Challenges in Handling Interstate and International Adoptions
  5. Unmarried Couples and Same-Sex Adoptions: Advanced Issues and Answers

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Approved 3 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 3 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 3 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
California CLE Approved 3 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
Florida CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 3 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 3 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 3.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
Utah CLE Approved 3 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Terminating Parental Rights - Overcoming Common Challenges

    1. Obstacles in Obtaining Confirmed Consent and Surrender of Birth Parents
    2. Abandonment Concerns
    3. Challenges Involving Vulnerable Birth Parents
      1. Incarcerated Parents
      2. Minors
      3. Parents With Mental Health Issues
    4. Rights of Birth Fathers
    5. When a Birth Mother Lies About Not Knowing a Father's Identity - Key Challenges

  2. Expert Insights Into Handling Contested Adoptions

  3. Resolving Post-Adoption Issues

    1. Open vs. Closed Adoptions
    2. Advanced Techniques for Drafting and Negotiating Open Adoption Agreements
    3. Dynamic Techniques for Drafting and Enforcing Post-Placement Agreements
    4. Reversing an Adoption: Top Legal Challenges
    5. Tackling Post-Adoption Citizenship and Identity Issues

  4. Challenges in Handling Interstate and International Adoptions

  5. Unmarried Couples and Same-Sex Adoptions: Advanced Issues and Answers

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Deborah E Spivack
Deborah E.
Spivack
Dana Eberle
Dana
Eberle
Church, Langdon, Lopp, Banet Law
Colleen M Quinn
Colleen M.
Quinn
Quinn Law Centers, LLC
Speaker bio
Deborah E Spivack

Deborah E. Spivack

Deborah Spivack

is owner of Law Offices of Deborah E. Spivack based in southern New Jersey. Her practice focuses exclusively on adoption and family planning in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Ms. Spivack has extensive experience representing adopting parents, birth parents, agencies and children (upon appointment by a court) in a broad range of adoption matters, including those which are private/independent, agency, identified, stepparent, second parent, guardian, legal custodian adoptions, or adoptions by individuals standing in loco parentis to the child, as well as adoptions of foreign-born children present in the United States. Many of these adoption cases have complex legal issues such as interstate placements, adoption subsidy, non-participating or contesting parties, international parties, immigration problems, Indian Child Welfare Act implications, state child protective services, and special needs or older children. also has extensive experience in assisted reproductive technology law matters. She frequently represents intended parents, gestational carriers, donors or donees of sperm, eggs, or embryos in drafting assisted reproductive technology agreements to protect their rights and in pursuing court orders explicitly recognizing parental status before and after the birth of a child to ensure legal permanency. Additionally, Ms. Spivack is a fellow of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA), a membership-by-invitation-only association of 470 attorneys, law professors, and judges in the United States and throughout the world who are recognized as having extensive experience in the practice of adoption law, ART law, or both. AAAA Fellows ascribe to a practice-specific code of ethics that fosters best practices in adoption and assisted reproductive technology law. She earned her B.S. degree, cum laude, in business from Pennsylvania State University and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Widener School of Law. Ms. Spivack is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

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Dana Eberle

Dana Eberle

Church, Langdon, Lopp, Banet Law
Dana Eberle

is an attorney at Church, Langdon, Lopp, Banet Law, where she oversees the family law practice area. She earned her bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington and her J.D. degree from University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Ms. Eberle is a member of Indiana State Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, and Floyd County Bar Association, and is also a Certified Family Law mediator in Indiana. She is chair of the Center's Southern Indiana Partnership Council. Ms. Eberle is licensed in Indiana and Kentucky.

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Colleen M Quinn

Colleen M. Quinn

Quinn Law Centers, LLC
Colleen Quinn

Esq., of Quinn Law Centers, LLC, practices personal injury, medical malpractice, employment, family formation, including adoption and surrogacy, and estate planning law. She is admitted to the practice in all state and federal courts in Virginia. Ms. Quinn has been in practice for more than 34 years, having graduated from the University of Virginia (J.D. degree, 1988) and William & Mary (B.A. degree, 1985); and served as judicial clerk to the Honorable Harry L. Carrico, Chief Justice, Virginia Supreme Court in 1988-89. She is the winner of numerous awards and accolades, and has served on the boards of numerous organizations. Ms. Quinn was president of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, served on the Board of Trustees for eight years, and is the co-author of the last five editions of the Adoption Procedures and Forms: A Guide for Virginia Lawyers (a Virginia CLE publication). She is the 2023 president-elect of the Virginia Law Foundation.

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