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Adoption Fraud in the News

By The Staff at AGoHA, 2/23/10

Some thoughts from Executive Director Dewey Crepeau, an experienced adoption attorney, on recent news about the arrest of an adoption scammer. A recent news article about the arrest of accused Indiana adoption scammer, Amber Jackson, is another reminder that all of the normal difficulties and troubles that one may experience in adopting can be compounded [...]

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More Adoption Legal Costs

By The Staff at AGoHA, 6/13/09

Written by Dewey Crepeau, Executive Director and Adoption Attorney of nearly 30 years While most people understand that adoption laws vary from state by state, you might assume that adoption is pretty much the same within the same state. But we have found that procedures vary greatly even within a state. If the state requires [...]

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Adoption Legal Costs

By The Staff at AGoHA, 5/29/09

Written by Dewey Crepeau, Executive Director and Adoption Attorney of nearly 30 years Normally you see articles written by our Director of Social Services. However, one of the advantages of having an adoption agency with an attorney as the Executive Director is that we have some insight into the legal aspects of adoption. Next to [...]

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