LEO: Conflict of Interest - Adoption  LE Op. 575

 

Conflict of Interest - Adoption.

 

May 10, 1984

 

It is improper for an attorney to represent adopting parents in an

adoption proceeding when said attorney is also counsel for and a member of

the Board Of Directors of the incorporated adoption agency which located

the child and performed the home study utilized in the adoption

proceedings.

 

Committee Opinion May 10, 1984