Turn to this nationally recognized work for insightful analysis of contemporary adoption issues, ... more Turn to this nationally recognized work for insightful analysis of contemporary adoption issues, including: Who may adopt and be adopted Consent and relinquishment by birth parents Placement: religious, racial, ethnic factors; single and gay or lesbian adoptive parents Independent, stepparent, and agency adoptions – by consent or contested Interstate Jurisdictional Rules and Conflicts of Law Adopting children with special needs Federal Laws: ASFA, MEPA, CAPTA Adopting children from other countries Adopting Native American children Impact of the new reproductive technology – including surrogate parenting Economic, legal, and psychological consequences of adoption
University of Michigan journal of law reform. University of Michigan. Law School, 1985
FROM COITUS TO COMMERCE: LEGAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF NONCOITALREPRODUCTION Joan Heifetz Holl... more FROM COITUS TO COMMERCE: LEGAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF NONCOITALREPRODUCTION Joan Heifetz Hollinger* I. Introduction 866 ... Today's participants in the various scenarios for "assisting" human re-production and creating new family relationships face ...
When the state must designate a child's legal parentage, should the goal be to protect the biolog... more When the state must designate a child's legal parentage, should the goal be to protect the biological parents' "opportunity interests" to raise "their" child or to protect the child's established relationships with the individuals who have actually functioned as her parents? What characteristics render an adult an appropriate parent? These questions, long in the background of disputes over adoption, have been raised with new intensity in the early 1990s in two distinctive settings. The first is the debate about these questions waged in the courts and the media. The second is the effort of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) to create a Uniform Adoption Act. The fate of the child called Jessica by her would-be adopters in Mvichigan and Anna by her birth parents in Iowa was a matter of agitated public debate before, during, and after it was decided by a legal system slow to resolve the conflicting claims of the adoptive and birth parents and even slower to recognize the young child's interest in a quick decision. 1 Similarly, the law's inability to resolve the competing claims of entitlement with respect to other young children-Richard Doe in Illinois, Emily W. in Florida, Michael S. in California-generates yet more media attention to the questions of "where do children belong?" and "to whom do children belong?" 2 As
The Spring 1993 issue of The Future of Children focused on adoption. Guest Editor Dr. Irving Schu... more The Spring 1993 issue of The Future of Children focused on adoption. Guest Editor Dr. Irving Schulman and the Center staff emphasized the significant societal as well as private benefits of adoption, especially for children in need of permanent families, and called for careful consideration of policies intended to remove persistent and unreasonable barriers to adoption. In an article which appeared in that issue, Joan Hollinger discussed how a complex regulatory system, as well as the lack of consensus about the functions served by adoption, produces uncertainty on issues as basic as determining who are the "parents" whose consent is required for adoption, evaluating the suitability of prospective adoptive parents for different kinds of children, deciding how much information must or may be shared between birth and adoptive families, and distinguishing between lawful placement activities and illegal "baby-selling." Hollinger and the Center staff recommended passage of more uniform state adoption laws to facilitate adoption while adequately protecting the interests of all parties. This article describes the proposed Uniform Adoption Act (UAA) promulgated in 1994 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) and discusses the likelihood of its enactment by the states. C ulminating nearly five years of drafting, debate, and discussions with adoption and child welfare experts, in August 1994 the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) overwhelmingly approved a proposed Uniform Adoption Act (UAA) for submission to state legislatures. l NCCUSL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of more than 300 lawyers, legislators, judges, and academics who propose legislation to the states in areas subject to state authority, including all aspects of family law. 2 In addition to being approved by NCCUSL, the UAA has been endorsed by the American Bar Association House of Delegates and its Family Law Section. A number of other organizations and individuals are also urging the states to enact the UAA, despite their reservations about some of its provisions. 3 By contrast, the UAA is opposed by the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Concerned United Birthparents (CUB), and others who are skeptical of adoption and favor public policies to strengthen children's ties to their birthfamilies. 4 The UAA legitimates both direct (parent-initiated) placements for adoption and placements by licensed public and private agencies. The act clarifies the legal REVISITING THE ISSUES
... 6 Lisa Ikemoto refers to these groups as the dysfertile. Lisa C. Ikemoto, The In/Fertile, t... more ... 6 Lisa Ikemoto refers to these groups as the dysfertile. Lisa C. Ikemoto, The In/Fertile, the Too Fertile, and the Dysfertile, 47 Hastings LJ 1007, 1008-09 (1996). ... insemination using donor sperm occurred for the first time in 1884 (by Doctor William Pancoast in Philadelphia). ...
Turn to this nationally recognized work for insightful analysis of contemporary adoption issues, ... more Turn to this nationally recognized work for insightful analysis of contemporary adoption issues, including: Who may adopt and be adopted Consent and relinquishment by birth parents Placement: religious, racial, ethnic factors; single and gay or lesbian adoptive parents Independent, stepparent, and agency adoptions – by consent or contested Interstate Jurisdictional Rules and Conflicts of Law Adopting children with special needs Federal Laws: ASFA, MEPA, CAPTA Adopting children from other countries Adopting Native American children Impact of the new reproductive technology – including surrogate parenting Economic, legal, and psychological consequences of adoption
University of Michigan journal of law reform. University of Michigan. Law School, 1985
FROM COITUS TO COMMERCE: LEGAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF NONCOITALREPRODUCTION Joan Heifetz Holl... more FROM COITUS TO COMMERCE: LEGAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF NONCOITALREPRODUCTION Joan Heifetz Hollinger* I. Introduction 866 ... Today's participants in the various scenarios for "assisting" human re-production and creating new family relationships face ...
When the state must designate a child's legal parentage, should the goal be to protect the biolog... more When the state must designate a child's legal parentage, should the goal be to protect the biological parents' "opportunity interests" to raise "their" child or to protect the child's established relationships with the individuals who have actually functioned as her parents? What characteristics render an adult an appropriate parent? These questions, long in the background of disputes over adoption, have been raised with new intensity in the early 1990s in two distinctive settings. The first is the debate about these questions waged in the courts and the media. The second is the effort of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) to create a Uniform Adoption Act. The fate of the child called Jessica by her would-be adopters in Mvichigan and Anna by her birth parents in Iowa was a matter of agitated public debate before, during, and after it was decided by a legal system slow to resolve the conflicting claims of the adoptive and birth parents and even slower to recognize the young child's interest in a quick decision. 1 Similarly, the law's inability to resolve the competing claims of entitlement with respect to other young children-Richard Doe in Illinois, Emily W. in Florida, Michael S. in California-generates yet more media attention to the questions of "where do children belong?" and "to whom do children belong?" 2 As
The Spring 1993 issue of The Future of Children focused on adoption. Guest Editor Dr. Irving Schu... more The Spring 1993 issue of The Future of Children focused on adoption. Guest Editor Dr. Irving Schulman and the Center staff emphasized the significant societal as well as private benefits of adoption, especially for children in need of permanent families, and called for careful consideration of policies intended to remove persistent and unreasonable barriers to adoption. In an article which appeared in that issue, Joan Hollinger discussed how a complex regulatory system, as well as the lack of consensus about the functions served by adoption, produces uncertainty on issues as basic as determining who are the "parents" whose consent is required for adoption, evaluating the suitability of prospective adoptive parents for different kinds of children, deciding how much information must or may be shared between birth and adoptive families, and distinguishing between lawful placement activities and illegal "baby-selling." Hollinger and the Center staff recommended passage of more uniform state adoption laws to facilitate adoption while adequately protecting the interests of all parties. This article describes the proposed Uniform Adoption Act (UAA) promulgated in 1994 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) and discusses the likelihood of its enactment by the states. C ulminating nearly five years of drafting, debate, and discussions with adoption and child welfare experts, in August 1994 the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) overwhelmingly approved a proposed Uniform Adoption Act (UAA) for submission to state legislatures. l NCCUSL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of more than 300 lawyers, legislators, judges, and academics who propose legislation to the states in areas subject to state authority, including all aspects of family law. 2 In addition to being approved by NCCUSL, the UAA has been endorsed by the American Bar Association House of Delegates and its Family Law Section. A number of other organizations and individuals are also urging the states to enact the UAA, despite their reservations about some of its provisions. 3 By contrast, the UAA is opposed by the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Concerned United Birthparents (CUB), and others who are skeptical of adoption and favor public policies to strengthen children's ties to their birthfamilies. 4 The UAA legitimates both direct (parent-initiated) placements for adoption and placements by licensed public and private agencies. The act clarifies the legal REVISITING THE ISSUES
... 6 Lisa Ikemoto refers to these groups as the dysfertile. Lisa C. Ikemoto, The In/Fertile, t... more ... 6 Lisa Ikemoto refers to these groups as the dysfertile. Lisa C. Ikemoto, The In/Fertile, the Too Fertile, and the Dysfertile, 47 Hastings LJ 1007, 1008-09 (1996). ... insemination using donor sperm occurred for the first time in 1884 (by Doctor William Pancoast in Philadelphia). ...
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