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Adopted child grows up to become adoptive mother of 13 special-needs children.

Study shows effects of cocaine similar to effects of smoking. Alcohol much more harmful to fetus.

Nebraska has no "grandparents' Rights" laws to promote contact.

Birth parents vs adopting parents in court

Adopted by different families - government sags they are legal strangers.

Experience of a bi-racial child growing up with a white parent.

Herrman said she and her husband,never reported Adam missing because they feared the authorities would take Adam and his two younger siblings away. They told relatives that Adam, whom the couple had adopted when he was a little over 2, had gone back to state custody.
In court documents, they continued to list Adam as a son more than four years after he disappeared. If they had not, it would have drawn scrutiny that also could have led to their children being taken away, Herrman said in the interview.
For the same reason, they continued to accept state adoption subsidy payments for Adam until his 18th birthday

State recommends foster parent over relatives.

3D printing technology is now allowing ultrasounds to be printed out into 3D bronze casts of your unborn baby. This technology can also assist with those babies that need surgery before birth. For parents whose unborn babies have been diagnosed with a likely terminal genetic condition - it could provide real validation of their parenthood and help with the grieving process. It's still very rare and expensive but hopefully costs will fall. I could also see this technology becoming very important some day in adoption for birth mothers and adoptive parents alike.

Mother demands right to choose adoptive parents.

A WOMAN used legal aid in a custody bid for her children despite allowing her partner to inflict "catastrophic" injuries on her two-year-old boy.
The woman - who was sentenced to six years' jail this week after pleading guilty to child cruelty and grievous bodily harm - was granted legal aid last year to contest a custody application brought by the children's aunt.

Both American parents have degrees from Harvard

Do you think your adoption is safe? So did a Utah couple when they privately adopted a part Indian baby. Even though the mon signed a release and is deemed unfit from the courts, the couple is ordered to surrender the baby to the tribe after six months of parenting.

The mother relinquished custody of Talon 24 hours after his birth, but later changed her mind. A lengthy court battle ensued, and the Leech Lake Band Of Ojibwe became involved.

A British couple won custody of their surrogate twins yesterday as the babies faced being abandoned in an orphanage.

The two younger sisters of Calista Springer, who died in a house fire while chained to her bed, enjoy seeing their parents and a recent visit ``went very well,'' the girls' attorney said.

U.K. couple found innocent of injuring their infant son are asking to have adoption of two older children annulled.

Woman adopted from Korea to U.S. as infant ponders the morality of international adoption for herself.