Adoption Law Fall 2016 Assignment #1 You represent Brenda, a 45 year-old divorced woman. Brenda is a North Carolina resident. Years ago, before Brenda was divorced, she and her husband were foster parents to Leesa. Leesa was their foster child from the time she was 10 until the court returned her to her mother when she was 17. Brenda and Leesa have remained close and Leesa considers Brenda to be her “mom.” Leesa is now 22 years old and her birth mother recently died; she’s never had any contact with her birth father.
Leesa was diagnosed with learning difficulties when she was in school and has always been considered “slow” although there was never any other sort of diagnosis. Brenda and Leesa would like for Brenda to adopt Leesa and they have come to you for advice. How to you advise them? REMEMBER: As lawyers, much (even most) of what you will do will be written submissions. Writing counts. And, lawyers must always offer authority for their position. Citation (Bluebook) counts too.
Do your best work. Give this Assignment enough time to analyze the issue and draft a well-structured, well-organized, authority-based response. Proof and edit carefully. This Assignment is worth 20 points – 5 points are allocated to writing and 15 points are allocated to substance. This Assignment: * should be no more than 3 pages maximum (I will not read past the 3rd page), * should be double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12 point font, page numbers at the bottom, left-justified, and include your name on every page. Business Law homework help
