The American Bar Association’s Section of Family Law
publishes a number of useful handbooks and practice guides, including The Adoption Law Handbook, by Jennifer
Fairfax. Now in its second edition, this book provides step-by-step guidance to
all aspects of the adoption process, whether independent or performed through a
private or public agency. It also guides the attorney through client intake and
consultation, and provides checklists and sample questions to ask the client.
Other
topics covered include biological fathers, termination of parental rights, the
Interstate Compact on Placement of Children, second-parent and co-parent
adoptions, post-adoption contact agreements, the Indian Child Welfare Act, cost
and financing, adult adoption, open adoption records, and international
adoption. There is a summary of key points at the end of each chapter, and the
book contains a wide array of forms and sample agreements.
The Adoption Law Handbook is now available on the New Books shelf
at the O’Quinn Law Library, next to the reference desk.
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