Recently, a federal court ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to honor or recognize a state court order that “legally back-dated” an adoption order, to make the adoption effective before ...

The DoD maintains an array of family support initiatives such as housing allowances, health care, commissary benefits, and child-care subsidies, but one of the least known is its adoption ...

Kyle Duncan, a Caldwell deputy and lead state attorney in the case, said the state will most likely ask the full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse Thursday's unanimous ruling from a ...

One of the requirements to petition an adopted child is that the adoption must take place before the child’s 16th birthday. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has always interpreted this law to ...

QUESTION: If a child was given up for adoption and was adopted, is that child entitled to inheritance from the biological parents and/or the adopted parents? ANSWER: In Louisiana, an adoption decree ...