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Adoption Law 2024 Edition (COMING SOON)

PRE-ORDER This comprehensive resource provides step-by-step guidance for attorneys and other professionals dealing with adoption.

PRE-ORDER

This comprehensive guide for adoption law professionals in Illinois offers detailed, step-by-step guidance encompassing a wide range of adoption scenarios. It covers various adoption types, such as those involving same-sex parents, surrogacy, intercountry adoptions, special needs adoptions, and transracial adoptions. The resource also addresses unique situations that may arise during the adoption process, and it delves into standby, open, and closed adoptions, and provides insights into contested adoption cases and proceedings.

General Editor — Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago

Introduction — Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago

Chapter 1 — Basic Concepts of Adoption
Cailee J. Alderman, Kogut & Wilson LLC, Chicago

Chapter 2 — Sample Adoption Forms
Diane E. López, López Law Group, P.C., Chicago

Chapter 3 — Adoption Court Procedures — Cook County
Hon. Maureen Ward Kirby and Hon. Araceli R. De La Cruz, County Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago

Chapter 4 — Court Procedures - Collar Counties and Other Parts of the State
Sheila A. Maloney, Sheila A. Maloney Attorney at Law, Downers Grove, and Robert R. Parker, Parker & Parker, Peoria

Chapter 5 — Agency Adoptions
Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago

Chapter 6 — Independent or Private Adoptions
Sheila A. Maloney, Sheila A. Maloney Attorney at Law, Downers Grove

Chapter 7 — Related Adoptions
Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago

Chapter 8 — Adoptions of Children in Care
Christina M. Schneider, IL Department of Children & Family Services, Office of Legal Services, Chicago

Chapter 9 — Adult Adoptions
Tiffany Arrott Horstein, Family Forward Law, LLC, Chicago

Chapter 10 — Intercountry Adoptions: Avoiding Procedural Pitfalls and Common Problems
Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Diane E. López, Esq., López Law Group, P.C., Kathleen M. Vannucci, Robert D. Ahlgren and Associates, and Jane Turner, Adoption Center of Illinois at Family Resource Center, Chicago

Chapter 11 — Interstate Adoptions: Avoiding Procedural Pitfalls and Common Problems
Shelley B. Ballard, Shelley B. Ballard, P.C., Chicago

Chapter 12 — Transracial Adoptions
Michelle M. Hughes, Law Offices of Michelle M. Hughes, P.C., Chicago

Chapter 13 — Standby Adoptions
Linda S. Coon, Linda S Coon, Attorney at Law, Chicago

Chapter 14 — Open and Closed Adoptions
Denise J. Patton, Law Office of Denise J. Patton, Lakewood

Chapter 15 — Contested Adoption Proceedings
Clarke M. Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago

Chapter 16 — Revocation of Parental Consents and Surrenders
Christopher S. Haaff, Law Office of Christopher Haaff, Crystal Lake

Chapter 17 — Family-Building through Traditional Surrogacy and Gestational Carrier Surrogacy Arrangements
Nidhi S. Desai, Desai & Miller, Chicago

Chapter 18 — The Indian Child Welfare Act
Tiffany Arrott Horstein, Family Forward Law, LLC, Chicago

Chapter 19 — Financial and Practical Issues
Judith Hannah, Law Office of Judith Hannah, Chicago

Chapter 20 — Health Problems in Adoption
Dr. Todd Ochs, Pediatrician, Chicago

Chapter 21 — Consumer Protection in Illinois Adoption Law
Robert R. Parker, Parker & Parker, Peoria

Chapter 22 — Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act/Safe Haven Law
Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago, Christina M. Schneider, IL Department of Children & Family Services, Office of Legal Services, Chicago, Linda S. Coon, Linda S Coon, Attorney at Law, Chicago, and Barbara J. Sereda, Adoption Advocates of America, Highland Park

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      PRE-ORDER

      This comprehensive guide for adoption law professionals in Illinois offers detailed, step-by-step guidance encompassing a wide range of adoption scenarios. It covers various adoption types, such as those involving same-sex parents, surrogacy, intercountry adoptions, special needs adoptions, and transracial adoptions. The resource also addresses unique situations that may arise during the adoption process, and it delves into standby, open, and closed adoptions, and provides insights into contested adoption cases and proceedings.

      General Editor — Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago

      Introduction — Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago

      Chapter 1 — Basic Concepts of Adoption
      Cailee J. Alderman, Kogut & Wilson LLC, Chicago

      Chapter 2 — Sample Adoption Forms
      Diane E. López, López Law Group, P.C., Chicago

      Chapter 3 — Adoption Court Procedures — Cook County
      Hon. Maureen Ward Kirby and Hon. Araceli R. De La Cruz, County Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago

      Chapter 4 — Court Procedures - Collar Counties and Other Parts of the State
      Sheila A. Maloney, Sheila A. Maloney Attorney at Law, Downers Grove, and Robert R. Parker, Parker & Parker, Peoria

      Chapter 5 — Agency Adoptions
      Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago

      Chapter 6 — Independent or Private Adoptions
      Sheila A. Maloney, Sheila A. Maloney Attorney at Law, Downers Grove

      Chapter 7 — Related Adoptions
      Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago

      Chapter 8 — Adoptions of Children in Care
      Christina M. Schneider, IL Department of Children & Family Services, Office of Legal Services, Chicago

      Chapter 9 — Adult Adoptions
      Tiffany Arrott Horstein, Family Forward Law, LLC, Chicago

      Chapter 10 — Intercountry Adoptions: Avoiding Procedural Pitfalls and Common Problems
      Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Diane E. López, Esq., López Law Group, P.C., Kathleen M. Vannucci, Robert D. Ahlgren and Associates, and Jane Turner, Adoption Center of Illinois at Family Resource Center, Chicago

      Chapter 11 — Interstate Adoptions: Avoiding Procedural Pitfalls and Common Problems
      Shelley B. Ballard, Shelley B. Ballard, P.C., Chicago

      Chapter 12 — Transracial Adoptions
      Michelle M. Hughes, Law Offices of Michelle M. Hughes, P.C., Chicago

      Chapter 13 — Standby Adoptions
      Linda S. Coon, Linda S Coon, Attorney at Law, Chicago

      Chapter 14 — Open and Closed Adoptions
      Denise J. Patton, Law Office of Denise J. Patton, Lakewood

      Chapter 15 — Contested Adoption Proceedings
      Clarke M. Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago

      Chapter 16 — Revocation of Parental Consents and Surrenders
      Christopher S. Haaff, Law Office of Christopher Haaff, Crystal Lake

      Chapter 17 — Family-Building through Traditional Surrogacy and Gestational Carrier Surrogacy Arrangements
      Nidhi S. Desai, Desai & Miller, Chicago

      Chapter 18 — The Indian Child Welfare Act
      Tiffany Arrott Horstein, Family Forward Law, LLC, Chicago

      Chapter 19 — Financial and Practical Issues
      Judith Hannah, Law Office of Judith Hannah, Chicago

      Chapter 20 — Health Problems in Adoption
      Dr. Todd Ochs, Pediatrician, Chicago

      Chapter 21 — Consumer Protection in Illinois Adoption Law
      Robert R. Parker, Parker & Parker, Peoria

      Chapter 22 — Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act/Safe Haven Law
      Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC, Chicago, Christina M. Schneider, IL Department of Children & Family Services, Office of Legal Services, Chicago, Linda S. Coon, Linda S Coon, Attorney at Law, Chicago, and Barbara J. Sereda, Adoption Advocates of America, Highland Park

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