The Riess Family

DNA Reunites a Family Separated by an Illegal Adoption

How to Tell an Adult They Are Adopted: Tips from a Late-Discovery Adoptee

How to tell an adult they are adopted. Advice from a late-discovery adoptee for adoptive parents who never made this disclosure to their child during their youth.
How to Tell an Adult They Are Adopted: Tips from a Late-Discovery Adoptee

How to tell an adult they are adopted. Advice from a late-discovery adoptee for adoptive parents who never made this disclosure to their child during their youth.
Could You Secretly Be Adopted?

Could You Secretly Be Adopted? How to know if you are adopted but were never told, directly from a late-discovery adoptee, Michelle Riess.
Inconsistencies with Kent’s 1981 Court Testimony

Analysis of a 1981 article regarding the testimony of Edward Kent, the attorney who illegally arranged Michelle’s adoption.
Appeal of lawyer is rejected (Courier Post, Nov. 1978)

Original Publication: Courier-PostOriginal Publication Date: November 18, 1978 By RENEE WINKLER Courier-Post Staff A Superior Court judge in Camden has denied an appeal by a Burlington County attorney who had been turned down for Camden County’s pre-trial intervention program. The program, which has been in operation in Camden for more than two years, diverts defendants…
Divorce lawyer convicted for adoption assistance (Courier Post, June 1981)

Original Publication: Courier-Post Original Publication Date: June 25, 1981 CAMDEN – Edward Kent, a Willingboro attorney who specializes in divorce cases, was convicted yesterday of illegally acting as an intermediary in the adoption of three newborn children. Kent, 55, who lives in Edgewater Park, was acquitted of three accompanying charges of obstructing justice. The state,…
Lawyer Tied to Babies (Press of Atlantic City,1978)

1978 article discussing the case against Edward Kent and his involvement in several illegal adoptions.
Memory Fails Witness in Adoption Case (Courier Post, 1981)

1981 article discussing some of the testimony from one of the birth mothers involved in the case against Edward Kent.
Lawyer Indicted as a Middleman for Adoptions (Courier Post, April 1978)

1978 article discussing the indictment of Edward Kent for illegally acting as an intermediary in multiple adoptions.
‘Adoption Lawyer’s’ Term Suspended (Courier Post, 1981)

1981 article discussing the conviction of Edward Kent of the firm Kent, Grayer, Rosenberg, for illegally arranging multiple adoptions, including Michelle’s.
State v. Kent – NJ Super. App. Div.

Details from 1980 regarding the case against attorney Edward Kent.
High Tribunal Raps Attorney for Conduct (Courier Post, 1963)

Original publication: Courier-Post Original publication date: January 22, 1963 TRENTON (UPI) – The State Supreme Court Monday reprimanded lawyer Edward Kent of Levittown* for bypassing a Pennsylvania lawyer and dealing directly with his client. The Pennsylvania lawyer, James P. Geoghegan, complained to the Burlington County Ethics Committee that Kent had sought to arrange settlement of…
Divorce Lawyer Convicted for Adoption Assistance (1981)

1981 article announcing the conviction of attorney Edward Kent for illegally arranging several adoptions.
Lawyer Accused in Three Adoptions (1978)

1978 article discussing the indictment of Edward Kent for illegally arranging multiple adoptions.
Lawyer Indicted on Adoptions (The New York Times, 1978)

1978 article from the New York Times discussing the case against Edward Kent for illegally arranging several adoptions.