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One week after the Child Parent Security Act became effective we received our first order of parentage for our clients under the new law!! https://thecdslawfirm.com/art-parentage-proceedings/

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New York Attorneys for Adoption & Family Formation Launches our Meet NYAAFF Members campaign. Please meet NYAAFF President, Kathleen (Casey) Copps DiPaola:... Kathleen (Casey) Copps DiPaola, Esq. is a partner of Copps DiPaola Silverman, PLLC (www.theCDSLawFirm.com) in Albany, New York where she focuses her practice on Adoption, Assisted Reproduction and Estate Planning & Probate. Ms. DiPaola is a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (www.adoptionart.org), the President of New York Attorneys for Adoption & Family Formation (www.nyaaff.com) and also an active member of various bar associations. Ms. DiPaola worked tirelessly over the last several years to help draft the New York Child Parent Security Act and advocate for its enactment by the legislature. Ms. DiPaola is also the founder of the New York Surrogacy Center (https://www.nysurrogacycenter.com), a surrogacy matching program that operates primarily in New York, Vermont and New Jersey. Ms. DiPaola is also in house counsel for Adoption Choices of New York (https://www.facebook.com/adoptionchoicesofnewyork), a NY licensed adoption agency. Ms. DiPaola is licensed to practice in state courts in New York, New Jersey and Vermont as well as various federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Ms. DiPaola is also an active volunteer in her community in both a legal and non-legal capacity. Ms. DiPaola previously graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with highest honors and as the salutatorian from Albany Law School in 2009. Casey can be reached at: [email protected] New York Attorneys for Adoption & Family Formation (NYAAFF) is a group of adoption and assisted reproduction law attorneys and other child-welfare professionals from across New York State, who work with adoptive families, birth parents, adoption agencies, children, child welfare agencies and the court system to protect and advocate for the rights of adoptive children, children born through assisted reproduction and their families.

Casey Copps DiPaola is excited to presenting through Lawline.com with Denise Seidelman from Rumbold & Seidelman, LLP on the NY Child Parent Security Act on March 15th. More details can be found at: https://www.lawline.com//insights-from-the-drafters-of-new

To our clients who finalized their adoptions in 2020 - don't forget to claim your adoption tax credit (if eligible) when you file your taxes. For those hoping to adopt in 2021, the maximum adoption tax credit will be $14,440. https://www.nacac.org//adoption-/adoption-tax-credit-2020/

Join CDS attorneys Casey DiPaola and Joe Williams as they go live to discuss becoming a surrogate in NY through their surrogacy matching program New York Surrogacy Center.

Happy Holidays!

Today we give our thanks and appreciation to YWCA NorthEastern NY! YWCA NENY is a not for profit organization whose mission is to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all! We love all that they do, especially their domestic violence support services. We thanked them with a donation and gave them a little something extra from our friends over at Beekman 1802 Boys. We're hoping you might be inspired by our post and consider a donation too! https://www.ywca-neny.org/donate/

Happy Friday Everyone! Today we give our thanks and appreciation to Saratoga Center for the Family. SCFF is a not for profit organization whose mission is to provide a comprehensive array of services committed to strengthen, empower, and educate children, families, and the community to reduce the incidences and effects of child abuse, neglect, and family dysfunction. We love all that they do, especially their education and prevention programs and mental health services program. We thanked them with a donation: https://saratogacff.org/donate and gave them a little something extra from our friends over at Beekman 1802 Boys. We're hoping you might be inspired by our post and consider a donation too!

Today, on this snowy day, we give thanks and appreciation to our community partner Equinox, Inc. They are a non-profit community organization serving the Capital Region. We recognize and appreciate the very important work they do for our clients who are survivors of domestic violence. They provide a 24/7 DV hotline, a DV Emergency Shelter, a Project Break Free Rapid Rehousing Program, DV Counseling Services, and In-Court Advocacy Services. We gave a donation (https://equinoxinc.networkforgood.com/) and gave a little something extra, local, and classy from our friends over at Beekman 1802 Boys. We hope you'll consider doing the same. Happy Holidays everyone!

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This morning, partner Casey Copps DiPaola presented on the surrogacy provisions of the Child Parent Security Act, along with Support Magistrate Tom Gordon who presented on the assisted reproduction piece of the CPSA. The presentation was sponsored by the New York State Bar Association Children & The Law Committee, which is chaired by partner Lorraine Silverman.

Today we give our thanks and appreciation this Holiday Season to the Children’s Centers of Albany County Family Court and Rensselaer County Family Court Center. They are often forgotten during donation times and they provide such critical child care and other basic services to children whose parents are in family court. They keep the children safe, allow them time to play, or sleep, or cuddle, and shield them from adult proceedings - even if just for a few hours so their caregivers can focus on the important matters before the Court. Thank you for all that you do!

We are so proud of our Attorney, Kayla Molinaro, for being selected as the #1 Divorce Attorney by the Daily Gazette for 2020. We love you, Kayla Molinaro!

NYSC Founder Casey DiPaola presented with Denise Seidelman on the NY Child Parent Security Act (CPSA) today to the American Bar Association Assisted Reproduction Technology Committee.

One of the great things about compensated surrogacy becoming legal in NY is that NY families can now continue to work with their own fertility clinics when they turn to surrogacy. We are so excited for the opportunity to be working with such great clinics in NY.

Become a Surrogate with New York Surrogacy Center and earn up to $40,000 while giving the gift of parenthood.

Today Casey Copps DiPaola presented on Surrogacy under the Child Parent Security Act as part of the Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission's virtual conference on LGBTQ family law.

Today Casey Copps DiPaola and Joe Williams presented Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs to recent graduates of Albany Law School. Casey presented on Parentage Through Adoption & Assisted Reproduction and Joe presented on Family Offense Proceedings.

Thank you, RBG Casey DiPaola Lorraine R. SilvermanKayla MolinaroJoe Williams Anne Reynolds Copps Mary Scouten Cat Crummey Jenn Tromblee Shannon Powers Wickenden Melissa Pelletier Imani Jonas Rebecca Rice Rebecca Wager

In October, the Supreme Court of the United States will decide if religious organizations can discriminate against foster parents based on their sexual orientation. Today, the New York State Bar Association filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ rights in a case that could potentially upend the lives of thousands of foster children across the country. NYSBA’s LGBTQ People and the Law Committee and the Children and the Law Committee spearheaded th...is effort, and our very own Joe Williams helped write the Amicus Brief! Here is a link to the amicus brief: https://nysba.org/app/uploads/2020/08/297814_Brief.pdf To learn more about our appellate practice, visit our website: https://thecdslawfirm.com/family-law-appeals/ https://nysba.org/new-york-state-bar-association-files-ami/

We are thrilled to welcome Law Clerk Cathryn Crummey to the #DreamTeam! She's joining our Divorce, Family Law & Intimate Partner Law Litigation Team. Check out Cathryn's bio here: https://thecdslawfirm.com/cathryn-crummey/.

Surrogates give the gift of parenthood to others. Would you make a good surrogate? If you or someone you know is interested in finding out more about surrogacy, please reach out to Casey Copps DiPaola ([email protected]) or Joe Williams ([email protected]). New York Surrogacy Center