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The ABCs of Adoption: What Family Law Pract. Need To Know
Friday, November 16, 2012
- Location -
State Bar Center
One Elk Street
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 463-3200
9:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m.
7.5 MCLE Credits: 6.5
Professional Practice; 1.0 Ethics
This program has been developed to provide Family Law
practitioners with specific detailed information regarding particular
aspects of law which impact both adoption and child welfare cases. The
information will assist attorneys in better representing their clients,
especially where such cases intersect.
This program is appropriate also for caseworkers and
social workers who wish to learn more about adoption
practices.
Program Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration
9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
International
Adoptions
- General Requirements
- Processing BCIS approvals for Hague countries and
Non-Hague countries
- Humanitarian parole issues
- Re-adoption in the U.S.
- Outgoing adoptions
10:15 – 10:40 a.m. ICPC – Interstate
Compact on the Placement of Children. The ICPC is a contract among
member states and U.S. territories authorizing them to
work together to ensure that children who are placed across state
lines for foster care or adoption receive adequate protection
and support services.
- What is ICPC?
- How does it apply to adoptions and foster
care?
- Complying with ICPC – what is required in
NY?
- Consequences for failure to comply
10:40 – 10:55 a.m. Refreshment
Break
10:55 – 11:20 a.m. Home Study – Home
studies are required for nearly all adoptions.
- Statutory requirements, issues considered
- Who can perform a home study?
- When and how is it completed?
- Preparing your client for a home study
11:20 a.m. -12:20 p.m. ICWA –
The Indian Child Welfare Act. The Indian Child Welfare Act
(ICWA), which was adopted by Congress in 1978, applies to child
custody and adoption proceedings in state courts involving
“Indian” children – children of Native American
ancestry or Alaskan ancestry. In certain situations, the tribe
may overrule parental preferences.
- Overview of ICWA
- When does it apply?
- Exceptions
- Recent case law developments
12:20 – 1:20 p.m. Lunch (on
your own)
1:20 – 2:10 p.m.
Post Adoption Contact Agreements/Open Adoptions – Many adoptions
are “open”. Since 2005 the agreements between birth
parents and adoptive parents may be enforceable.
- Statutory requirements
- Recent case law
- Negotiation
- Practical consideration
2:10 – 3:00 p.m.
Subsidies – Many adoptive children are eligible for State and
Federally sponsored subsidies to encourage placement of children in
permanent homes.
- Source of subsidies
- Types of subsidies
- Application and approval process
- Appeals for denials
- Impact of disruption of adoption
3:00 – 3:10
p.m. Refreshment
Break
3:10 –
4:00 ARTS/Surrogacy
– Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Legal representation
includes working with traditional surrogates, gestational carriers,
and intended parents, and drafting agreements to protect a
client’s rights in this complex and developing area of
practice.
- Current law
- Recent
developments
- Medical issues
- Upcoming
legislation
4:00 –
4:50 Ethics
– case studies of ethical dilemmas encountered in adoption
cases
4:50 – 5:00
Questions
5:00
p.m. Adjournment
Program Faculty
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Program
Chair:
Anne Reynolds Copps
Law Office of Anne
Reynolds Copps
Albany, New York
Local Panels
New York City
Jaron Ben-Shalom, Director of Adoptions, New
York City Administration for Children’s Services, New York, New
York * Laurie E. Braun, Principal,
Laurie E. Braun Attorney At Law, New York, New York * Melissa B. Brisman, Principal, Melissa B.
Brisman, Esq., LLC, Montvale, New Jersey * Kathy Brodsky,
Director, Ametz Adoption Program, Jewish Child Care Association, New
York, New York * Barry
Chaffkin, CEO and Co-Founder, Fostering Change for Children,
Rocky Point, New York * Gregory Franklin, Partner, Ashcraft
Franklin Young & Peters, LLP, Rochester, New York * Laurie Goldheim, Principal, Law Offices of
Laurie B. Goldheim, Nanuet, New York * Michael S. Goldstein,
Principal, Law Office of Michael S. Goldstein, Rye Brook, New York *
Ray Kimmelman, Director of Legal Compliance, City of New
York, Administration for Children's Services (ACS), Division
of Family Court Legal Services (FCLS), New York, New York *
Rebecca Mendel, Partner, Rosin Steinhagen Mendel, New York, New
York * Benjamin J. Rosin, Partner, Rosin Steinhagen Mendel, New
York, New York * Denise Seidelman, Partner, Rumbold and
Seidelman, Bronxville, New York * Dawn Smith-Pliner, Founder and
Director, Friends in Adoption, Middletown Springs,
Vermont.
Albany
Kate Kaufman Burns, Executive Director,
Adoption Resources & Counseling Center, Inc., Clifton Park, New York
* Anne Reynolds Copps, Principal,
Law Office of Anne Reynolds Copps, Albany, New York * Kathleen
"Casey" Copps DiPaola, Law Office of Anne Reynolds Copps,
Albany, New York * Michael S. Goldstein, Principal, Law Office of
Michael S. Goldstein, Rye Brook, New York * James J. Green,
Attorney, Albany County Department of Children, Youth, and Families,
Albany, New York * Brendan C. O’Shea, Partner, Gleason Dunn
Walsh & O'Shea, Albany, New York * Laurie Coreno Reynolds,
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Clifton Park, New York * Nina
Rumbold, Partner, Rumbold and Seidelman, Bronxville, New York *
John E. Stupp, Assistant Deputy Council, New York State Office of
Children & Family Service, Rensselaer, New York.
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Year: All
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information and allowing you to copy and paste relevant portions of the
materials for specific use in your practice. A CLE NotePad
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site. The CLE NotePad © includes lined pages for
taking notes on each topic, as well as any PowerPoint presentations
submitted prior to printing. Traditional printed course books can be
ordered at the program site for the discounted price of $20.00 and will
be shipped subsequent to the program date.
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directions above.FROM WEST: NYS Thruway Exit 24 to I-90 East (toward
Boston). Take 787 South to downtown Albany (Clinton Avenue exit) and
follow parking/walking directions above.FROM EAST: I-90 West to 787
South to downtown Albany (Clinton Avenue) and follow parking/walking
directions above)
The last day to pre-register online was November 15, 2012.
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