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Family Formation Update 2025 | Dec. 16

  • 1.  Family Formation Update 2025 | Dec. 16

    Posted 5 days ago

    Join leading experts for an essential update on adoption law in New Jersey. Click here to learn more!

    Family Formation Update 2025

    Date: Dec 16, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

    Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online

    Member Price: $159.00

    Non-Member Price: $199.00

    Event Code: I153725

    Areas of Law: Family

    Earn up to 3.4 credits! (More Information)

    Faculty

    Presenters

    Debra E. Guston, Esq.
    Past President, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys
    Guston & Guston, LLP, Glen Rock

    Join us for an in-depth seminar designed to keep you at the forefront of adoption law. Experienced practitioners who are members of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys will provide you with the latest updates, practical strategies and expert insights to navigate the complexities of adoption cases in New Jersey. This seminar is tailored to enhance your legal practice and ensure you are well equipped to serve your clients effectively.

    This esteemed panel will explore critical topics such as caselaw and legislative updates, post adoption contract agreements, objecting birth parents or other third parties, strategies for overcoming adoption hurdles and more. 

    Don't miss this opportunity to stay ahead in your practice. Register to gain valuable knowledge that will benefit your clients and your career.

    Topics include:

    • Post adoption contact agreements
    • Creating families with more than two parents
    • Ethics and best practices to avoid
    • Fraud in and protection of the surrogacy process
    • Post-Dobbs legislative update: impact on access to fertility care

    CLE Credits
    NJ CLE: NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3.4 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 3.4).
    NY CLE: NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 3.0
    PA CLE: PA Substantive Credit: 2.5
    New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.

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    Justin Gumpel
    Membership Marketing &
    Engagement Specialist
    New Jersey State Bar Association
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