https://youtu.be/hrAFzulLIfA If you are a foster parent looking to adopt your foster children, and termination of parental rights looks likely, this is the information you need! Attorney Gretchen Hedke will walk you through the process …
New Appellate Decision Impacts Future Contested Adoption Hearings
A child cannot be adopted without the consent of her natural parents. In Alabama, that consent may be expressed (through a signed affidavit) or implied. A trial court may find that a parent has given implied consent to an adoption on …
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Vote “No” on Statewide Amendment 5
Under the state constitution, the Probate Court has general jurisdiction over orphan’s business. A new amendment on the ballot proposes to remove this language. Its proponents argue the language is outdated. They are wrong, and Alabama citizens …
Equipping Foster Parents for Gracious Advocacy Series, Part II: The Golden Calf of “No Viable Alternatives”
Equipping Foster Parents for Gracious Advocacy Series, Part II: The Golden Calf of “No Viable Alternatives” —//— by Gretchen N. Hedke, Esq. Samuel J. McLure, Esq. —//— In order for the Juvenile Court to terminate the parental rights of a …
Some Basic Benefits and Requirements of Grandparent Adoptions with Attorney Gretchen Hedke
We could not be more pleased to introduce to you our newest staff attorney, Gretchen Nicole Hedke. Originally from the Chicago suburbs, Gretchen made her way down South to attend college at the University of Alabama. After completing her undergrad …
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Does The Alabama Judicial System Exist Only To Protect Adults, And Not Children? With The PARK Act, We Hope To Strongly Say “NO.”
Children are too often treated as disposable. This has been the case throughout history and across the globe, and there are many evidences of this tragic reality in our current American culture, ranging from the rampant predatory child …
Twelve Years Old and Finally Home
Twelve year olds are not always delightful creatures under the best of circumstances, and for children in foster care, the older you get, the bleaker the odds. Older children in foster care have often been through years and years of upheaval and …
Weak and Working: Reflections from a Foster Mother
It’s true that nothing in this world has made me feel weaker than being a foster mom. This journey has sanctified me more than I like to admit on most days. Two days before I got the call about June from DHR- I looked at my husband and said, …
Equipping Foster Parents for Gracious Advocacy Series, Part I
Case Review: T.B. v. Cullman County Dept. of Human Resources, 6 So.3d 1195 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008) —//— Equipping Foster Parents for Gracious Advocacy Series, Part I by Samuel J. McLure, Esq. 30-Second Summary For the foster parents …
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