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In 1854, the Children’s Aid Society of New York City, New York, faced a tough reality. With intensive immigration, tenements […]

Ancestry.com is the world’s most popular genealogy site, with some 27 million members and 100 million family trees. If you […]

Most adoptions that Heimer Law works with are adoptions of newborns, arranged before the baby is born. This ensures that […]

Each state has its own adoption laws, and requirements for adoption vary from one state to another. Some states do […]

We don’t use the word “orphanage” very much any more. Children available for adoption may not be orphans these days, […]

Can a biological parent regain custody of the child they placed for adoption? This question comes up from both sides: […]

Each adoption journey is unique. One familiar story is that of a couple of individual who chooses adoption to grow […]

An unplanned pregnancy can be shocking, frightening, and downright overwhelming, even for women who are in an ideal situation in […]