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If you're interested in staying current in adoption law, or expanding your practice to include adoption work, this course is a great choice. It's also perfect if you handle an occasional adoption and want to brush up on adoption practice and procedure. You'll get practical tips and insights to prepare you to jump through all the necessary procedural hoops that are required for handling agency, private or international adoptions.
Topics include:
Relevant laws & planning for placement of the child
Identify who you represent
Pre-placement reports and home study
Confidential v. Open adoption
Obtaining medical history and records
Determine ICWA applies
If interstate adoption, evaluate ICPC requirements
Allowable expense
Payment of medical expenses of birth mother and baby
Coordinate discharge from hospital
Evaluate how and where to terminate parental rights
Special needs adoption
Legal proceedings
Jurisdiction/venue
Who can adopt
Report intent
Report intermediary
Terminating parental rights
Petition for adoption
Order birth certificate
Special needs adoptions
Voluntary or confirmation of consent
Handling a contested adoption
Who has standing
Surrogacy
Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC) & How it impacts your case
International Adoptions
Credit Information
4.0 Total CLE credits (No Ethics)
Faculty
Craig B. Bluestein, Esq., Guardian Ad Litem, Public Defender Office, Montgomery County, Norristown
