Mary Ann Scherer R.N.J.D. is an attorney in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has practiced in the area of Family Law -- specifically Adoption -- for 25 years. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1978.
Education: University of Miami, R.N.B.S. with honors 1974; Nova University J.D,. 1978.
Scherer is licensed as an attorney and Registered Nurse in the State of Florida. She is a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, the Florida Adoption Council, the Florida Bar, and the Broward County Bar Association, and holds to the highest standards of practice as required by those associations. She is also "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Scherer also serves as a Special Public Defender in the Dependency division of the Circuit Court in Broward County (Fort Lauderdale), Florida. She encourages birth parents who have become involved in the system because of abuse, abandonment, or neglect to become actively involved with -- and to take responsibility for -- the care and welfare of their children.
Mary Ann Scherer has a private practice in Family Law where she represents clients in divorce and other related family matters in a manner best designed to preserve the family unit that will continue, between parents and child.
The adoptions which Mary Ann Scherer handles include placements which range from open to closed, agency, special needs, relative placements (including grandparent placement) , international adoption, and placement of abused, abandoned, and neglected children.
Her goal is to help every child that can be helped. She acknowledges that
this is a monumental task but if we just start with one child and we all help, then it can be done.
Scherer provides services to birth and adoptive parents in private placement in and out of the state of Florida. She assists with home study coordination, medical, and subsidy referrals. She assists with international adoption referrals and coordination of dossier and INS requirements. She also provides re-adoption services to adoptive parents of international children to Florida families.
Programs in Guatemala and China are available.
