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Legal Issues
Answers to your legal questions
Archive Board...Part 2
Archive Board...Part 1
Archived Board..Part 3
Archived Board..Part 4

All experts are attorneys specializing in adoption
Mr. Franklin and Mr. Hughes are
members of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
Greg Franklin, Kurt Hughes, Linda Lach


Issues concerning the law and legal questions about adoption and searching.


Pre Adoption/Infertility

Archived Board...Part 2
Archived Board...Part 1
Archived Board..Part 3

Pat Johnston
Adoptive mom of 3 children
Author, Advocate, Speaker,
Publisher Perspectives Press

Infertility, exploring adoption and post adoption questions


TransCultural/
Children of Color
Adoptions
Adopting & Parenting Children of Color, both domestically
and internationally

Beth Hall & Gail Steinberg
Founders of PACT
Check out New Book: Inside Transracial Adoption Questions about Adopting & Parenting Children of Color, both domestically and internationally


Special Needs Adoption
Archived board...Part 1
Archived board...Part 2
Archived board...Part 3
Archived board...Part 5
Archived board...Part 6
Archived board...Part 7
Archived board...Part 8
Archived board...Part 9
Archived board...Part 10
Archived board...Part 11
Archived board...Part 12
Archived board...Part 13
Archived board...Part 14
Archived board...Part 15

Graham Wright
Professional in adoptions for 27 years
Director of AFTER program at Kinship Center
Questions about Special Needs Adoptions, Waiting Children, DSS Post Adoption Parenting the Older Child & Behavioral IssuesSusan Ward,
adoptive mom to an older child and author
of Hannah and Her Mama site

Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman of
Center for Family Development
attachment therapy

Parenting the older child and behavioral issues Open Adoption

Bruce Rappaport, Kathleen Silber
Internationally known authors,
Independent Adoption Center

Nanci Worcester, Adoption Attorney and adoptive mom
Member of American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
Adoption Center of Northern California

Open Adoption Questions

International Adoption

International Adoption...archived

Jean and Heino Erichsen
Co-founders of Los Ninos (Children's) International Adoption Center
Internationally known speakers, authors
Bio and adoptive parents and grandparents International Adoption
Pre and Post adoption
INS

Single Parent Adoption
Single Parent Adoption [archived]

Lee Varon, PhD
Single Adoptive Parent and author of
Adopting On Your Own


Single parent adoption
Issues for singles in adoption
Search for
Birthfamily or Adoptee

Archived Board...Part 1
Archived Board...Part 2
Archived Board...Part 3


Colleen Buckner
Search Consultant & referral source for all states and internationally
Genealogical Research and locator specialist to reunite birth family members separated by relinquishment and adoption in California
Email: therighttoknow@hotmail.com


Adoptee Issues
Search questions

Birthfamily in Open or Semi-open Adoptions
...or those
considering placement
Archived board

Brenda Romanchek's Forum
Author/Publisher of Open Adoption Birthparent
Publisher R-Squared Press

Issues for birthfamily considering an adoption plan for their unborn child or having placed within the last 5 years.
Birthfamily in Closed or Traditional Adoptions
...or those
considering placement
Archived board...Part 2
Archived board...Part 1

Carol Bird's Forum
Birthmother in reunion

Issues of birthfamily who have placed more than 5 years ago. Reunion issues.
Adoptee Forum
Adoptee Issues
Relationship/Reunion
Archived Board...part 3
Archived Board...part 2
Archived board

Marlou Russell's Forum
Adoptee in reunion
Internationally known speaker, author


Adoptee Issues-emotional
Reunion question-psychological

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