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- Success in Goldman Case Unique in International Child Abduction Cases (HTML)
January 2010 - The Top 10 Things Agency Workers Fear/The Nuts & Bolts of Minnesota Adoption Law
Authors: Wright S. Walling, Jessica J.W. Maher, Stacia W. Driver
November 2009 - Using Creative Strategies to Resolve Family Law Issues
2009 - Essentials of Adoption Law
Author: Jessica J.W. Maher
March 2009: NBI Adoption Law Seminar - International Adoption – Highlights
Author: Jessica J.W. Maher
April 2009: Upper Midwest Immigration Conference - Drinking the Kool-Aid
Author: Nancy Zalusky Berg
February 2009 - Minnesota Law and Becoming a Parent via Assisted Reproductive Technology
Author: Jody Ollyver DeSmidt
November 2007 - Adoption Law in Minnesota - A Historical Perspective
Author: Wright S. Walling
2007: To be published in the William Mitchell Law Review - Adoption Attorneys: A Higher Standard of Ethics
Author: Wright S. Walling
2007 - Minnesota's New Child Support Law: The Basics
Authors: Allison Maxim & Melissa J. Chawla
November 2006 - 100 Years of Juvenile Court in Minnesota - A Historical Overview and Perspective
Author: Wright S. Walling and Stacia Walling Driver
2006: Published in the William Mitchell Law Review, Volume 32, Number 3. - Chapter 12 - Third-Party Custody and Alternative Custodial Arrangements
Author: Gary A. Debele
2006: Published in the Minnesota Custody & Child Deskbook, 1st Edition, 2006 (Edited by Gary A. Debele) - Minnesota Continuing Legal Education - Chapter 22 - Child Abuse Allegations in Custody Cases
Author: Gary A. Debele
2006: Published in the Minnesota Custody & Child Deskbook, 1st Edition, 2006 (Edited by Gary A. Debele) - Minnesota Continuing Legal Education - Adoption Tax Credit, Effective: January 1, 2006
Author: Wright S. Walling
2006 - The Path to Citizenship: Re-Adoption and the Child Citizenship Act of 2001
Author: Wright S. Walling
2006 (Includes information from State Department website) - Qualified Domestic Relations Orders - Basic Practice Tips
Authors: Bill Casey and Nathalie Rabuse
2005 - Ask An Attorney
Author: Wright S. Walling
2004: Published in the August 2004 Adoptive Families Magazine - Adoption Mediation
Author: Gary A. Debele
2003: Reprinted with permission from the forthcoming: Adoption Law: Practice and Procedure in the 21st Century, published by the New York State Bar Association, One Elk Street, Albany, New York 12207 - Adoption and Birth Fathers: A Balancing of Interests
Author: Wright S. Walling
2003: Published in The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 72, No. 8 - The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: Traps for the Unwary
Authors: Jody Ollyver DeSmidt and Kimberly A. Weinacht
2003: Minnesota Institute of Legal Education Seminar - Birth Father's Rights in Adoption: A Minnesota Perspective
Authors: Wright S. Walling and Jessica J.W. Maher
2003: Minnesota Institute of Legal Education Seminar - The Current State of Third Party Custody in Minnesota
Authors: Gary A. Debele
2002: Washington County Bar Association
2003: Guardian ad Litem Training, Anoka County - Management of the Role of Advocate and Client Relations in the Marriage Dissolution Process
Author: Nancy Zalusky Berg
2002: All District Legal Education Seminar; Proactive Family Law: Ethics of Zealous Advocacy for Your Divorce Client - Guidelines for Divorced and Divorcing Parents
Author: Nancy Zalusky Berg
2002. - Overview of the Legal Issues Related to Children and Mental Health Questions
Presenter: Wright S. Walling
2001: Medical Educational Services, Inc. Seminar; Mental Health and the Law in Minnesota
2000: Medical Educational Services, Inc. Seminar; Mental Health and the Law in Minnesota - AAAA Mediation Committee Training Session
Authors: Wright S. Walling and Gary A. Debele
1999: American Academy of Adoption Attorneys Mid-Year Meeting, Estes Park, Colorado. - Dealing with Difficult Clients, Difficult Lawyers and Difficult Judges
Author: Nancy Zalusky Berg
1998: Published at www.aaml.org, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers website
2001: Published for the Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting - Parenting Through Adoption, A Brief Summary of Minnesota Adoptions
Author: Wright S. Walling
1998: Resolve of the Twin Cities Workshop; Parenting Through Adoption (rev. 2009) - A Children's Rights Approach to Relocation: A Meaningful Best Interests Standard
Author: Gary A. Debele
1998: Published in Journal of the AAML, Vol. 15, No. 1 - Juvenile Court Issues, Third Party Issues, Grandparent Issues, and Other Unusual Family Law Matters
Authors: Wright S. Walling and Gary A. Debele
1998: MILE ADR & Family Law Seminar; Replacing Litigation with Communication - Mediation in Adoption: Its Time Has Come; Adoption Assistance Simplistic Confusion; International Adoption Current Issues and Development
Authors: Wright S. Walling and Gary A. Debele
1998: Minnesota Institute Legal Education Seminar; Adoption Law - Dealing With Visitation Issues When There is a Move Out of State
Authors: Nancy Zalusky Berg and Brockman Schumacher, Jr.
1998: Family Law Forum, Vol.10, No. 2 - Adoption Law and the Family: Facing the 21st Century
Author: Gary A. Debele
1997: Bench & Bar of Minnesota, Vol. 54, No. 37 - Post Decree Custody Modification: Moving Out of State and Changes to the Parenting Relationship
Authors: Nancy Zalusky Berg and Gary A. Debele
1996: American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 4, No. 4 - Best Interests of the Child - Do We Have a Clue?
Author: Wright S. Walling
1995: Adoption Option Committee Article, Fall Newsletter
