Avoiding Contested Adoptions and Limiting Attorney Liability
Presented by Colleen Marea Quinn
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Course Description
Length: 1h 29min Published: 4/5/2023
A contested adoption can have serious consequences on all the parties involved in the adoption process as well as the child who is subject to adoption. As such, it is important that every adoption attorney understand the factors and circumstances that most commonly lead to contested adoptions and take all necessary steps to try and avoid them. In this program, adoption attorney Colleen Quinn takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of contested adoptions, using war stories from her many years of practice to illustrate how these cases evolve.
Learning Objectives
* Understand how adoptions can become contested
* Learn how to avoid or mitigate contested adoptions
* Explore real-life examples of contested adoptions