Gregory Franklin | Rochester Divorce & Family Lawyer | New York

An adoptive parent himself, Gregory Franklin has experienced first-hand the challenges and joys of adopting a child. Adoptions involve a highly emotional area of law in which any legal misstep can cause devastating effects. With more than 20 years of adoption experience, Greg's goal is to develop a legally secure plan that serves the best interests of the child and respects the wishes and interests of both the adoptive parents and the birth parents. Greg works extensively with Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and transgendered clients, and has represented clients in cases which have broken new ground in this area. Greg is passionate about adoptions — he is a frequent lecturer and author on ethics and adoption-related topics and he works tirelessly to achieve a positive result for adoption families.

In his representation of birth parents, Greg will assist in locating adoptive parents, negotiating open adoption and post-adoption contact agreements, and coordinating the process with the hospital and the adoptive parents.

Greg has considerable experience in the developing area of assisted fertility, including surrogacy and gestational carrier agreements, donor embryos and eggs, and in obtaining parentage and pre-birth orders.

Greg also helps to create permanent families through stepparent and co-parent adoptions, grandparent adoptions, extended-family custody agreements, foster care arrangements and international adoptions. He will assist in selecting the right avenue for achieving adoption goals, including the decision about whether to pursue domestic or international adoption, the choice between agency and private adoptions, selecting home study resources, managing subsidy and Adoption Tax Credit issues, and locating post-adoption services.

If you or someone you know is interested in adoption or assisted fertility, please contact our firm to schedule a consultation with Greg.

To learn more about Greg's adoption practice, please visit his adoption website at www.AdoptionNY.com

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Ashcraft Franklin Young & Peters, LLP	Rochester, New York	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Fordham University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1984
Grinnell College	A.B.	Political Science	1978

State / Court	Date
New York	1985

• U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, 1985
  American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (Fellow, Past Chair, International Adoption Subcommittee)
  American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys (Fellow)
  Monroe County Bar Association (Fee Arbitration and Ethics Committee, Past Chair)
  Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys (Judicial Evaluation and Legislative Committees)
  New York State Bar Association (Adoption Subcommittee)
  Adoption Resource Network at Hillside Children's Center (Founding Member, Board of Directors)
  

• Selected to New York Super Lawyers, 2007-2010
  Editor-in-Chief, Fordham University School of Law Moot Court Board
  Best National Brief, Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 1983

• In re Adoption of Caitlin, Docket Nos. A-39/40-93, Docket Nos. A-41/42-93, Family Court of New York, Monroe County, 163 Misc. 2d 999; 622 N.Y.S.2d 835; 1994 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 630, January 6, 1994 In re Adoption of Carolyn B., CAF 03-01032 , Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, 6 A.D.3d 67; 774 N.Y.S.2d 227; 2004 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3082, March 19, 2004 Matter of Donna S., AC-14386-08, Family Court of New York, Monroe County, 2009 NY Slip Op 29009; 2009 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 27, January 6, 2009

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1985) Licensed as Attorney in New York. Verified with New York State Unified Court System.	May 21, 2014

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