Articles Posted in Adoption

In most child custody, adoption, and foster care placement cases, Illinois state law governs.  However, Congress passed a federal law in 1978 called the Indian Child Welfare Act, also known as “ICWA,” which creates a different burden of proof and set of standards for Native American children in child custody, adoption,…

Adoption is one part of family law that doesn’t get much press, perhaps because it isn’t as contentious as the division of assets and debts in a divorce or as emotional as a hotly contested custody battle.  Whatever the reason, adoption is typically an area of lightness amidst the often…