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Family Law
http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/WA/StateSubTopics
Source: Washington Courts

Explains what types of family law cases people with low income can get free legal assistance for, including paternity and divorce issues. Provides links to free legal assistance programs.
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• How do I find family law information if I cannot afford a lawyer?
• Where can I find volunteer legal aid for my family law case?
• What is a family law facilitator?
• Where can I find do-it-yourself family law information?
• Where can I get free legal advice on family law issues?

Adoption, Egg Donor and Surrogacy Ads
http://www.splc.org/legalresearch.asp?id=33
Source: Student Press Law Center

Describes how laws in various states regulate newspaper advertising regarding surrogate parentage and egg donation.
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• Can I advertise for a surrogate parent in the newspaper?
• Can I advertise for an egg donor in the newspaper?
• Can I advertise my services as a surrogate parent in the newspaper?
• Can I advertise my services as an egg donor in the newspaper?

Adoption Law
http://family-law.freeadvice.com/adoption_law/
Source: Free Advice

Provides brief answers to questions regarding adoption and adoption law.
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• What is ‘adoption’ in a legal sense?
• What is ‘equitable adoption’ or ‘adoption by estoppel?’
• Must the child be a minor to be adopted?
• What is an adoption agency?
• Must an adoption be handled through an adoption agency?
• What is an ‘open adoption?’
• Can the natural parent or the adoptive parent change his/her mind after adoption?
• What grounds may adoption be challenged?
• What happens to the adoption records?
• What are the steps in a typical adoption?
• Is a father’s consent required if the child was the result of rape or incest?
• Is a child’s consent necessary?
• What happens in the case of a missing parent or an abandonment?
• What is step-parent adoption?
• What is a second-parent adoption?
• What is a two-parent adoption?
• Can a single, straight person adopt?
• Is the natural father's consent to the adoption necessary?
• Can homosexuals adopt?
• When is a natural parent ‘unfit’, so as to allow adoption without his/her consent?
• What happens with a child using a surrogate mother?
• Are there hassles in international adoption?
• What documents need to be provided for an international adoption?
• Does a foreign-born child adopted by a u.s. citizen automatically become a us citizen?
• Do biological grandparents have any rights after an adoption?
• We are a childless couple and have a chance to obtain an infant if we pay lots of money upfront. Is it legal?
• What changes are made in birth certificates?
• What about federal tax benefits for adoption?

National Adoption Directory Search
http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/nad/index.cfm
Source: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

Search tool allowing one to find the adoption organizations and services available in any particular state.
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• Where can I find a particular adoption organization or agency?
• Where can I find the state adoption specialist?
• Where can I find state adoption officers?
• Where can I find state adoption organizations?

Adoption - Documents for your Adoption Attorney
http://public.findlaw.com/adoption/life_events/for
Source: Findlaw

List of documents one should be prepared to show to their attorney in an adoption proceeding.
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• What information will my adoption attorney need from me?