Adoption Reunion

Guest: Michele Stewart Michele is a birth mother who was able to locate and reunite with her child after many years. In this episode of Let’s Talk Adoption, she explains how she told her parents she was pregnant at 16. She also discusses how she came to choose...

Tax Credits for Adoption

Guest: Aaron Rubin Aaron has a Doctor of Law degree (J.D.) and is an accountant. He’s currently going through the adoption process with his wife. Aaron and Mardie discuss adoption tax credits/deductions, what the difference is and when/how you claim the credit....

Worldwide Tracers: Search & Reunion

Guest: Kirk Rutherford Kirk started an adoption search company over 30 years ago called “Worldwide Tracers”. The mission of the company is to help reunite adoptees and birth parents. Kirk explains how this program got started and what things people have to...

How Adoption Has Changed

Guest: Diane Michaelson Diane Michaelson is an attorney practicing in California and an adoptive mother. Diane speaks about the biggest changes in adoption throughout the years, including birth mother’s rights and answers to frequently asked adoption legal...