The Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library is proud to host the Heart Gallery during National Adoption Month. We dedicate this month to bringing awareness to the need for more adoptive parents. Library visitors can view the Heart Gallery on the first floor of 1019 Congress throughout November.
What is the Heart Gallery?
National Adoption MonthNovember is National Adoption Month, a time to celebrate the incredible families formed through adoption and raise awareness about the children still waiting for their forever homes. Visit the library this month to view the traveling exhibit from Heart Gallery. 💙 #ForeverFamily
Posted by Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library on Thursday, November 14, 2024
The Heart Gallery of Greater Houston is a traveling exhibit made up of portraits featuring children currently in foster care in the Houston area. Each portrait also includes the child’s name and age. A short biography on each child can be found on the Heart Gallery’s website. The goal of the art exhibit is to find families for these children by actively showing and hosting exhibits in the community.
Legal Resources for the Public
The Law Library is the best resource for free legal information in Harris County. Our collection includes practice and drafting guides focused on family law. During our hours of operations, visitors can do legal research or draft forms for their case with no library card required. Included below is a list of recommended secondary sources that can help with your adoption, or other family, case.
With a combination of practice notes and legal forms, this practice manual will help you draft a variety of pleadings, judgments, and affidavits.
This guide contains a variety of family law forms with cites to codes, rules, and caselaw. Digital templates are also available through the library’s Westlaw subscription.
Written by legal experts in the field, this treatise will provide you with expert legal guidance on a variety of family law transactions. View this book from home through the LexisNexis Digital Library.
Legal Resources for Attorneys
Along with an extensive legal collection, the law library also offers recorded CLE opportunities for attorneys. Through the month of November, the Law Library is offering Adoption & Family Formation in the Pride Community 1.0 (0.5 Ethics) Accredited by the State Bar of Texas (accreditation valid through 11/30/2024).
Program Description: Presenter deborah lawson, attorney-at-law, guides attendees through the labyrinth of Adoption 101—from petition to final order in simple, easy to follow steps—while facing the ethical considerations of the modern family, including joint representation, platonic and poly parenting, age, biology, geography, a child’s choice, and so much more. She will also provide a high-level overview of common Assisted Reproductive Technologies.
This is a reaccreditation of the presentation that was recorded on November 1, 2022. Register Here.