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The nation's most successful adoption attorney fully explains every aspect of adoption for prospective parents, including: * twelve types of adoption * insiders' strategies for adoption success * how to spot red flags around a risky adoption * adoption myths * lists every child-placing agency in each state * biographies of adoption attorneys * reviews of each state's unique adoption laws and procedures (When is the consent signed by the birth mother? How long does she have to change her mind?)

Contains the most radical changes to adoption law: amendments to the Children Act 1989. This book provides authoritative guidance to the legislation. It covers both England and Wales and includes relevant further reference materials where necessary.

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Product Description: The second edition of this important casebook contains statutes from every region of the United States and from as many states as possible; extensively edited cases from several jurisdictions; interdisciplinary materials that reflect sociological and psychological aspects of adoption; tools such as practice pointers, a hearing transcript and forms to give a bird's-eye view of the practice of adoption law; a list of selected websites and information on how the Internet is used at various stages of the adoption process; plus a table of cases, appendices and an index...read more

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Australian Family Law: The Contemporary Context provides a critical approach to contemporary Australian family law. A description and analysis of the law is set in a broad context that includes theoretical and policy debates surrounding the law and the family as well as discussion of relevant empirical and research literature and reference where relevant to developments in overseas jurisdictions. The chapters of the book reflect a range of approaches depending on the particular material being covered. Some are necessarily more technical and cover traditionally recognized sub-categories of 'family law', while adopting a fresh approach to the materials and developing new ideas. Others are more novel, wide-ranging and thematic. In each chapter the authors develop a main argument or arguments, which reflect the themes of the book - fragmentation, gender politics, child-centeredness and respect for diversity.

Product Description: Australian Family Law Teaching Materials, Second Edition, includes carefully selected primary and secondary materials to assist with teaching and learning family law. Engagement with this material will help readers to develop essential skills in the use of primary sources (cases and legislation), and enable them to better assess the authors' views of the material and to form their own...read more

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Product Description: Whether you’re new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Family Law is all about, Beginning Family Law is the ideal introduction to help you hit the ground running. Starting with the basics and an overview of each topic, it will help you come to terms with the structure, themes and issues of the subject so that you can begin your Family Law module with confidence...read more