• Reported Decisions, Published Works and Media Appearances

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    Reported Decisions, Published Works and Media Appearances

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  • Helpful Articles

    • Families for Private Adoption, Post Adoption contact agreements.
    • Frederick County Newsletter, Adoption Expenses in Maryland
    • Resolve Quarterly Newsletter, an article titled, "Adoption Basics"
    • Frederick County Bar Newsletter, "Representing LGBT clients who want to build their family through domestic adoption"
    • Solo Newsletter for the American Bar Association an article titled "Representing Same Sex Adoption Clients"
    • Maryland Family Law Newsletter for the Maryland State Bar Association, and article titled "Representing Lesbian, Gay and Single Parents in Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Technology Cases."

  • Seminar Presentations for potential parents

    • Cradle of Hope Adoption Center, "Starting Adoption" 
    • Families for Private Adoption
    • Rainbow Families D.C
    • Barker Adoption Foundation

  • Reading Recommendations

    20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, Sherrie Eldridge


    Raising Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent, by Lois Ruskai Melina


    Talking to Your Child About Adoption, Patricia Martinez Dorner


    Making Sense of Adoption, A Parents Guide, Lois Ruskai Melina


    Dialogues About Adoption: Conversations Between Parents and Their Children, Linda Bothum


    Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self,  by David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schecter and Robin Marantz Henig


    The Family of Adoption, by Joyce Maguire Pavao


    Taking with Young Children About Adoption, Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher


    Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child, Holly van Gulden and LIsa M. Bartels-Rabb