MONICA FARRIS LINKER
Detroit-area attorney Monica Farris Linkner, who specialized in adoption law and was closely involved in the process of adoption law reform during the 1990s, died Dec. 31 at the age of 65.
A funeral was held Wednesday at the Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield.
Survivors include children Joshua Linkner and Matan Farris; mother Madelyn Farris; brothers Dr. Michael Farris and Joseph Wert; and two grandchildren.
Linkner, who lived in West Bloomfield, had served as a Fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, holding leadership roles in several of the academy’s committees.
She had also been a fellow of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology and was a member of the State Bar of Michigan Family Law Section’s Adoption Committee.
In addition, Linkner was a member of Resolve, the national infertility association.
Linkner was an observer/advisor to the Uniform Adoption Act Drafting Committee of the National Conference of Uniform State Laws from 1990-1994.
She authored the chapter on adoption for the 1997 treatise Michigan Family Law & Practice and assisted in updating the adoption section of the Michigan Family Law Benchbook.
She was also president of the Family Tree, an adoption and advocacy group.
Linkner, a graduate of Wayne State University Law School, authored the chapter on adoption for the 1997 treatise Michigan Family Law and Practice.
In September 2006, Linkner was honored with the Angels in Adoption Award from the National Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
The family asked that memorial tributes be directed to: Temple Shir Shalom, Monica Farris Linkner Fund for Adoption, 3999 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, MI 48323 (www.shirshalom.org)
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