By: Carol A. Dillon
BleekeDillonCrandall Attorneys
The City of Indianapolis puts 24 cats and dogs to sleep every single day because there is not enough room at Animal Care and Control. As a country, we put down approximately 2,000,000 dogs a year for lack of space. This is one of the few problems in the world for which there is a known solution that is proven to work, yet people continue to not do anything about it. The solution is simple. Backyard breeders should be illegal and only those who are highly regulated can breed limited amounts of pure bred dogs. Any person who adopts a dog or cat, unless they are a licensed breeder, should have to spay or neuter the animal before obtaining their new pet. It does not infringe on anybody’s right to force them to spay or neuter their animal when it saves so many lives in the process. Shelters on the east coast are literally empty and able to populate themselves with spillover animals from the Midwest because they have strict spay/neuter laws and they are proven to work. Purchasing animals should be illegal. There is no reason to purchase an animal from Uncle Bill’s, Petsmart, or a backyard breeder when there are literally millions of both mutts and pure bred animals available for adoption at local shelters. There is a new HBO documentary out called One Nation Under Dog which shows you all aspects of the homeless animal crisis inflicting our nation today. I recommend watching it. If you have more questions on this issue, please feel free to email me at carol@bleekedilloncrandall.com.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Adoption Tax Credit Set to Expire: Act Now!
By: Nathan A. Leach
BleekeDillonCrandall Attorneys
The federal adoption tax credit, which has fluctuated in amounts over the years and never been permanent, has assisted many parents nationwide offset some of the costs associated with adoption and made adoption a viable option. In 2012, adoptive couples may be eligible to receive a non-refundable credit of $12,650. However, unless congress acts, the federal adoption tax credit will expire at the end of the year.
In order to provide certainty to the federal adoption tax credit and continue to make adoption more affordable, Rep. Bruce Braley, IA, has introduced a bill that would make a $13,360 refundable adoption tax credit permanent. If the adoption tax credit has helped you or someone you know to adopt a child, please call your Representative today and urge that he or she cosponsor H.R. 4373, the Making Adoption Affordable Act. It may be helpful to mention to your representative that: 1) you are a constituent; 2) that the bill was introduced with bipartisan support; and 3) the adoption tax credit has made adoption more affordable and assisted in providing children with loving and permanent families.
If you do not know your representative, you may go to http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ and enter your zip code. If you want to learn more about the adoption tax credit go to http://adoptiontaxcredit.org/. You can also “like” the Save the Adoption Tax Credit mission on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/AdoptionTaxCredit. Let’s work to save the adoption tax credit!
BleekeDillonCrandall Attorneys
The federal adoption tax credit, which has fluctuated in amounts over the years and never been permanent, has assisted many parents nationwide offset some of the costs associated with adoption and made adoption a viable option. In 2012, adoptive couples may be eligible to receive a non-refundable credit of $12,650. However, unless congress acts, the federal adoption tax credit will expire at the end of the year.
In order to provide certainty to the federal adoption tax credit and continue to make adoption more affordable, Rep. Bruce Braley, IA, has introduced a bill that would make a $13,360 refundable adoption tax credit permanent. If the adoption tax credit has helped you or someone you know to adopt a child, please call your Representative today and urge that he or she cosponsor H.R. 4373, the Making Adoption Affordable Act. It may be helpful to mention to your representative that: 1) you are a constituent; 2) that the bill was introduced with bipartisan support; and 3) the adoption tax credit has made adoption more affordable and assisted in providing children with loving and permanent families.
If you do not know your representative, you may go to http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ and enter your zip code. If you want to learn more about the adoption tax credit go to http://adoptiontaxcredit.org/. You can also “like” the Save the Adoption Tax Credit mission on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/AdoptionTaxCredit. Let’s work to save the adoption tax credit!
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