Georgia Adoption Law Blog
News and thoughts on adoption law Issues in Georgia: independent adoptions, agency adoptions, step-parent adoptions, relative adoptions, international adoptions and more.
Author: Stephen Worrall practices at the Law Firm of Mullin & Worrall in Marietta, Ga. He also authors Georgia Wills and Probate Law Blog, Georgia Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements Blog, Georgia Family Law Blog, Tablet PC Lawyer Blog and the Georgia Collaborative Divorce and Family Law Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Family Law • States • Georgia • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Georgia Adoption Law Blog
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New China Consulate Appointment Policy
As a result of changes under the Hague Adoption Convention, U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou will only schedule adoptions appointments for applicants who have both an approved I-600A or I-800A form and a current fingerprint clearance…
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Helping adopted kids navigate school projects
A new school year brings all sorts of challenges: Will your child make friends? Is the teacher nice? What's the homework load like? Yet for families formed through adoption or foster care, or for children…
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Fewer kids available for adoption by foreigners
Fewer Chinese children are available for adoption by foreigners because more affluent families at home have started adopting them, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) said yesterday."The number of Chinese couples applying to adopt children…
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Halted foreign adoptions leave would-be parents in limbo
The crib in Ellen Darcy's Boston home has sat empty for more than a year. And in suburban Washington, Laura Teresinski has prepared a nursery for a baby that may never arrive. They and thousands…
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Rush is on to adopt kids orphaned by disaster
MIANYANG, China — The children's faces stare in somber black-and-white photos from newspapers and scribbled posters at relief camps, seeking their parents. Many will never find them. As the first estimate of orphans — more…
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Vietnam Ending Child Adoption Agreement with the U.S.
Vietnam is ending its child adoption agreement with the United States. The move comes after a report from the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi alleging pervasive corruption and baby-selling in Vietnam's adoption system. The agreement was…
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As Ethiopian Adoptions Increase, A Network Forms
After months of applying to adopt babies in China and the United States with no results, Dawn Manogue and her husband, John Toomey, went back to their files to start over.Manogue found a pamphlet advertising…
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Adoption Problems in Other Countries
The slowdown affecting adoptions from China coincides with unrelated complications in several other countries that have been major sources of adopted children for American parents. Some examples: _GUATEMALA: Irregularities and suspected fraud have cast a…
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Waits Lengthen for Adoptions From China
China remains the country of choice for thousands of Americans seeking to adopt a child, but the time frame for new applications is now often triple what it was a few years ago and many…
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Lesbian, lawyer win appeal of contempt over adoption case
The state Court of Appeals has thrown out contempt findings that arose from a lesbian's attempt to adopt a young girl. Last year Wilkinson County Superior Court Judge John L. Parrott held both Elizabeth Hadaway…