Adoption and Surrogacy Broadcasts

Building a Family Three Ways

Building a Family Three Ways Join attorney Colleen M. Quinn as she interviews her single dad client Keith Lippa on how he has grown his family by adopting from foster care, doing a private placement adoption and using donor egg with a gestational carrier.

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Choosing Between Assisted Reproduction and Adoption

On this radio show sponsored by Creating a Family, Colleen Quinn, owner of the Adoption & Surrogacy Law Center at Locke & Quinn, joins host Dawn Davenport and Andrea Braverman, a therapist specializing infertility and alternative family building, to talk about “Choosing between Assisted Reproduction and Adoption.” For patients who have not been successful with […]

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Being a Surrogate or Gestational Carrier

Being a Surrogate or Gestational Carrier What is it like to be a surrogate or gestational carrier? Attorney Colleen M. Quinn interviews her client and three-time surrogate Brooke Collawn (who carried twins – twice!) about her experiences in being a gestational carrier. Brooke shares her story including why she decided to be a surrogate, how […]

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Gestational Surrogacy – When Your Baby Bun Needs a Different Oven

Gestational Surrogacy – When Your Baby Bun Needs a Different Oven Attorney Kati Kitts Dean interviews Jen Nixon about what the surrogacy process is like from the Intended Mother’s point of view. The show also covers what prerequisites and counseling should take place prior to contract drafting as well as available resources in assisted reproductive […]

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Legal Brief – Surrogacy Law

In this radio clip, attorney Colleen Quinn talks about the legal aspects of surrogacy. Quinn is the past President of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys and is recognized as an expert in surrogacy law. Quinn answers questions about how to choose a surrogate, what type of screening surrogates should receive, and the […]

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Legal Brief – Adoption Law

In this radio clip, attorney Colleen Quinn discusses adoption law and details the process of adopting a child. As President of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, Quinn is an expert in adoption law. Quinn answers questions regarding how one starts the adoption process, the differences between adopting domestically and internationally, and the average length […]

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Being a foster parent – what is it about?

Being a foster parent – what is it about? Join attorney Colleen M. Quinn as she interviews author, therapist and single foster parent Joel Elston about foster parenting. What must I do to be a foster parent? What is involved? What are my rights? Will I be able to adopt the child? In this presentation […]

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Single Dads by Choice & Adopting out of Foster Care

Single Dads by Choice & Adopting out of Foster Care In this entertaining radio show, attorney Colleen M. Quinn interviews her client Joel Elston about his choice to be a single foster parent and how he ended up adopting his three sons out of foster care. Joel also is an openly self-admitted recovered former gambling […]

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Understanding the Myths of Adopting a Child

Understanding the Myths of Adopting a Child In this radio program attorney Colleen M. Quinn, immediate Past-President of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, is interviewed by Kati Kitts Dean about the various types of adoption, expected costs, average time frames and what children generally are available to be adopted.

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Surviving a Contested Adoption and the Rights of Incarcerated Birth Parents to Contest

Surviving a Contested Adoption Attorney Colleen M. Quinn interviews her clients Tiffany and Dustin Griffith regarding their 2 year and 3 month contested adoption case with an incarcerated birth mother and where the birth father had placed the child with them to adopt. The Griffiths describe the emotional, financial and mental toll it took on […]

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