by Adoption Law Group | Aug 20, 2018 | Blog
Honor: to regard with high respect. Honor is a scarce commodity these days. As Americans, we honor very little. We laugh at SNL skits mocking our leaders, attend church services with Starbucks in hand, and give our dads Father’s Day cards about beer and farts. When I...
by Adoption Law Group | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog
When conservatives like Russell Moore, President of the Southern Baptist’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, and Jim Dailey, President of Focus on the Family, go on record against a provision of the GOP’s tax plan, I take note. The House plan,...
by Adoption Law Group | Oct 6, 2017 | Blog
“Do I need to readopt my child before applying for her citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act?” A common question we hear is, “Do I have to readopt my internationally adopted child in the U.S. in order for them to get citizenship?” The...
by Adoption Law Group | Sep 26, 2017 | Blog
Adult adoption is a very straight-forward process in California and a good solution to several common family situations. Sometimes, a stepparent wishes to formalize a stepparent-child relationship, even though the child is no longer a child. Our office regularly...
by Adoption Law Group | Sep 26, 2017 | Blog
“Race matters in adoption because race matters in America.” —Twila L. Perry As a white mom with two black kids, I reluctantly agree with that statement. I’d prefer it not to be true and frankly, living in a mixed, working class neighborhood in Los Angeles,...
by Adoption Law Group | May 3, 2017 | Blog
As an attorney who focuses her practice on adoption law and a mother of six, including two adopted children, it can be hard to talk about the challenges that sometimes arise in a foster adoption or international adoption. On the one hand, not talking about the ongoing...
