Join Us at the AFFC Foundation’s Spring Social Dear Friends: On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, the Adoptive Families for Children Foundation — a non-profit organization and friend of Bianco Professional Association — will hold its Spring Social to raise funds for children in need of adoption. The event, which is open to the public, will

Free Speech in Public Schools The limit that a school district can impose upon free speech in public schools is in the news again, this time in a case from Morgan Hill, California. Morgan Hill is a city about an hour south of San Francisco, and is home to the Morgan Hill Unified School District

Kelly Smith, LICSW, received the award from NAMI New Hampshire. Congratulations to Kelly Smith, LICSW, Bianco Professional Association’s Adoption Clinical Consultant, on receiving the 2015 Therapist of the Year award from NAMI New Hampshire. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, presents the award to practitioners known for their exemplary work and to honor “individuals

The adoption tax credit has increased for 2015. Information regarding the 2015 adoption tax credit has been released and there’s good news for adoptive parents — the tax credit has increased.

Legislation now makes gestational surrogacy a realistic and attractive option for families. For individuals and couples, especially those in the LGBTQ community, who wish to become parents but are physically unable for whatever reason, gestational surrogacy can be life changing. It helps people achieve the reality of having the family and parenthood that they could

Victim was struck while crossing the street. Bianco P.A. attorney Thomas Colantuono recently obtained a $95,000 settlement for a New Hampshire resident who was injured as a pedestrian in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The client was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk when the defendant driver ran her over, breaking her foot and leaving her with

Senator Jeanne Shaheen Honors James J. Bianco, Jr. as an Angel in Adoption™ at National Event in Washington, DC Concord, NH – Senator Jeanne Shaheen selected James J. Bianco, Jr. as a 2013 Angels in Adoption™ awardee for his outstanding advocacy of adoption. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), which orchestrates the Angels in Adoption™ program, honored Attorney Bianco

In New Hampshire, Failing to Report Hazing Can End an Educator’s Career Merriam Webster says that “hazing” means “to subject (freshmen, newcomers, etc.) to abusive or humiliating tricks and ridicule.” The New Hampshire Legislature says that hazing is “any act directed toward a student, or any coercion or intimidation of a student to act or

Do you have an old criminal record that is holding you back? Do you have an old criminal record that is holding you back from getting a good job or working in the field that interests you, or is otherwise affecting your life in a negative way? New Hampshire has a law that allows you

Information regarding the 2013 adoption tax credit from the attorneys and adoption specialists at Bianco Professional Association. In early January, Congress passed legislation to avert the “fiscal cliff” and, in doing so, made the tax credit for adoptive families permanent.  The adoption tax credit helps thousands of families offset the costs of adoption every year,