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Deborah E. Spivack is a dedicated attorney based in New Jersey, specializing exclusively in adoption and family planning. With a practice that extends across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, she provides comprehensive legal representation to a diverse clientele, including adoptive parents, birth parents, agencies, and children. Her expertise encompasses a wide range of adoption scenarios, including domestic private adoptions, agency placements, step-parent and second-parent adoptions, foreign re-adoptions, guardianship matters, and cases under the Special Immigrant Juvenile status. At the heart of Deborah's practice is her commitment to delivering personalized, insightful, and pragmatic legal counsel. She empowers her clients to navigate the complexities of family planning, always aligning her guidance with their immediate and long-term aspirations. Having successfully managed hundreds of adoption cases, she is adept in addressing intricate legal challenges such as interstate placements, adoption subsidies, and the implications of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Deborah is a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (AAAA), a prestigious organization comprising only 340 attorneys nationwide, recognized for their expertise and ethical practice in adoption law. She is also an active member of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys (ARTA) and is known for her contributions as a speaker at professional conferences, sharing her knowledge with adoption parents, agency staff, and fellow attorneys. In addition to her work with prospective families, Deborah has collaborated with numerous agencies to achieve accreditation under the Hague Convention, crafting materials to ensure compliance with international regulations. Her background also includes a foundation in corporate bankruptcy and commercial law from her early career at a large law firm in Wilmington, Delaware, where she served as a law clerk in the federal bankruptcy court following her graduation from law school in 1993. As a proud mother of a child adopted from Guatemala, Deborah brings a personal passion to her practice, aiming to help others experience the profound joy of family through adoption and the modern avenues of assisted reproductive technology.
About Adoption Law
Adoption attorneys guide families through the legal process of adopting a child. They handle all legal requirements to create new family bonds. Common matters include domestic adoption, international adoption, stepparent adoption, foster care adoption.