Adoption 301

1 hour TN General CLE

Basic Adoption Procedure: Prerequisites for filing, the petition, timing, jurisdiction, venue, home study, supervision, finalization, and post-adoption issues

Attorneys for prospective adoptive parents must understand both the big arch of an adoption case and abundant, picky little details. We need to know both what a judge is looking for in the petition and file, and how to ensure that it is all there. While Adoption 302 and 303 both cover the arc of specific types of adoption, both presume that you know the fundamentals covered in 301.

Whether a master of minutia or a hater, getting your case teed up for finalization on schedule and without drama is the primary path to happy clients and the resulting solid professional reputation. Dawn will explain each element, and you will learn like many judges, to love her finalization checklists.