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Last updated on January 16, 2020

Updated Info on New York’s New Law

Updated answers and questions about New York’s newly enacted adoptee rights law, which Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed on November 14, 2019.

Last updated on September 18, 2019

California Intercountry Adoptee Bill Unfortunately Falls Short

California passed a bill last week that may ultimately fail to address the need to finalize some intercountry adoptions in the United States

Last updated on August 2, 2019

A Better Place for the Adoptee DNA Project

As of August 1, 2019, the DNA Kit Donation program and its current funds have been transferred to Adoptees United, a national charitable nonprofit organization.

Last updated on June 24, 2019

Updated Info about New York’s Equal Rights Bill

New York Assembly

An updated list of questions and answers about the Weprin/Montgomery Bill, which was finally passed in the New York Assembly on June 20, 2019

Last updated on May 29, 2019

The Presence of a Man

No to CT Amendments

Demand that Connecticut Senators reject the “Somers Amendment,” a backwards approach that literally requires the presence of a man to release an adoptee’s own vital record.

Last updated on May 8, 2019

Texas Has Defied Expectations. Or Has It?

Will Texas HB2725 continue to defy expectations? That’s less and less clear.

Last updated on May 6, 2019

The Kafkaesque Case of James Christian Werthmann

I’m not the first person to conjure up Kafka as a way to describe James Werthmann’s case. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recognized the absurdity immediately.

Last updated on May 1, 2019

What I Mean When I Mean Clean

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Clean should always be the default, while dirty is the defined term, the aberration.

Last updated on April 25, 2019

Tell Iowa Reps: NO on SF621

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Contact members of the Iowa House of Representatives. Tell them to vote NO on SF621

Last updated on April 21, 2019

Who Else Gets Your OBC?

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An Iowa bill has another problem: who actually gets the OBC? Everyone in the family, including the family dog? And which “family?”

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Adoptee Rights Law Center

The Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLC is an adoptee-focused legal practice founded by Gregory Luce, a Minnesota lawyer and D.C.-born adoptee.

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Legal representation limited to issues involving Minnesota law and federal immigration law.

Latest Posts

  • Crunch Week: What You Can Do
  • American Baby and the Punishing Secrecy of Adoption
  • Why I Changed Hawaii’s Status
  • What Happens When You Question Adoption
  • Before You Start Spouting Off About Haiti, Amy Coney Barrett, and the ‘Beauty’ of Adoption

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Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLC
PO Box 19561
Minneapolis Minnesota 55419
T: (612) 221-3947
E: [email protected]

Legal representation limited to issues involving Minnesota law and federal immigration law.

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I also monitor federal legislation related to intercountry adoptees.

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  • American Baby and the Punishing Secrecy of Adoption
  • Why I Changed Hawaii’s Status

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Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLC
Gregory D. Luce
PO Box 19561
Minneapolis Minnesota 55419
T: (612) 221-3947
E: [email protected]

Legal representation limited to issues involving Minnesota law and federal immigration law.

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