Abuse trial opens for mom featured on "Dr Phil" episode

2011-08-17T21:30:24Z

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The trial of an Anchorage mother accused of abusing her adopted Russian-born son got underway on Wednesday as jurors watched a videotape of her pouring hot sauce into the boy's mouth.

The footage, shot last October for an episode of "Dr. Phil"

Escaped inmate found 16 years later in parents' home

2011-01-13T18:30:22Z

A US fugitive who walked away from a South Dakota prison 16 years ago has been found living a secret family life on a Canadian aboriginal reserve where he was born, police said Thursday.

According to police and local media, Clifford Laframboise, 42, was given up for adoption as a baby by his Canadian parents to an American couple.

In 1988, he was sentenced by a US court to 18 years in prison for a series of ...

Haitian orphans settling in with adoptive families

2010-12-25T09:30:12Z

1 year after earthquake, airlifted orphans are settling in with their adoptive US families

Under a towering Christmas tree, 3-year-old Sevil Fletcher giggled in delight amid some not-so-rough roughhousing with his brother and sister.

There were snow drifts outside the comfortable suburban home, and the warmth of a close-knit family inside, as his parents, Bri...

U.S. and Russia to finalize adoption agreement soon

2010-11-30T20:00:07Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said it expects to finalize an agreement with Russia on Wednesday to regulate adoptions after an American woman rejected her adopted son and sent him back to Russia alone in April.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said...

US, Russia close to agreement on adoptions: official

2010-11-30T19:31:19Z

US officials said Tuesday a deal was close to being signed with Moscow on new rules for adoption, months after a US woman sparked outrage by putting her adopted son on a plane alone back to Russia.

Russia imposed a de-facto ban on US adoption after the episode in April, and both sides have been working on a legal framework governing the adoption of Russian orphans by prospective US parents.

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Domestic and International Adoption

2010-11-29T14:31:36Z

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Dead NC girl's biological mom back to Australia

2010-11-15T06:00:30Z

Dead North Carolina girl's biological mother heads back home to Australia

The biological mother of a disabled North Carolina girl believed killed after missing for more than a month says she hopes to take her daughter's body back to Australia for burial.

WCNC-TV in Charlotte reported that Emily Dietrich flew bac...

Cops: Fla. mother wanted money from son's sale

2010-11-09T11:30:15Z

Investigators say Florida mother wanted money from infant son's sale to pay for new car

Investigators say a Florida woman knew her mother was trying to sell her child and wanted some of the money to pay for a new car.

Stephanie Bigbee Fleming of Bradenton was charged Tuesday with being a principal to illegal sale or surrender of a child a...

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2010-10-12T11:31:56Z

Adoptions from Ethiopia to US increase as overall numbers continue to plummet

As the overall number of international adoptions by Americans plummets, one country — Ethiopia — is emphatically bucking the trend, sending record numbers of children to the U.S. while winning praise for improving orphans' prospects at home.

It's a remarkable, little-publicized trend, unfolding in an impoverished African c...

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Kendrick Meek Calls Out Charlie Crist On His Gay Adoption Position

2010-10-02T08:15:07Z

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has again reversed his position on the state's gay adoption ban

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has again reversed his position on the state's gay adoption ban.

Crist, a former Republican running for the U.S. Senate as an independent, released a position paper last month endorsing a number of gay rights initiati...

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2010-09-28T18:02:48Z

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International Adoption Grants You Should Know About

2010-09-22T06:52:08Z

It is a dream of every new couple to welcome a child into this world. For most of them, this dream is easily attainable. However, there are certain pairs, who in spite of their repeated efforts to parent children, fail to do so.

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2010-10-14T05:39:42Z

When you reach the decision that adoption is the right choice for your family, there are many options to consider. The process of adoption can be confusing and complex. It's important to weigh all the options to make the best decision about how you should go about extending your family. From the age of the child to how much contact you might want with the birth parent(s) there is much to consider.

After many couples go through the lengthy process of attempting natural conception an...

Adoption and The Laws of Adopting an Baby

2010-09-08T16:42:06Z

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Adoption is so widely recognized that it can be characterized as an almost worldwide institution with historical roots traceable to antiquity.

In most ancient civilizations and in certain later cultures as well, the purposes served by adoption differed substantially from those emphasized ...

Calif. woman in custody battle with Ohio man

2010-07-02T16:45:12Z

Calif. woman trying to adopt girl must return her to Ohio as biological father seeks custody

A California woman is facing the prospect of having to relinquish a little girl she has been trying to adopt while an Ohio court deals with the biological father's custody claim.

Stacey Doss of Rancho Sant...

US senators unveil plan to aid Haiti orphans

2010-05-26T11:15:48Z

Three US senators on Wednesday unveiled a bill to clear away hurdles to citizenship for roughly 1,000 Haitian orphans whose adoptions by US parents were rushed because of a January earthquake.

US and Haitian authorities cleared the children to join their adoptive parents after the disaster. But without the complete paperwork necessary to finalize their adoptions, a roadblock has been raised to what would normally be automatic US citizenship upon entry into the Haiti's international adoption process is back in business.

Yet U.S. adoption agencies remain wary and uncertain, while families may face years of limbo as they seek to adopt children orphaned by the January earthquake. Some had been to Haiti and met children before the quake, others eagerly started from scratch afterward.

"It's difficult to stay patient, but we kno...

Probe sought after Russian adopted boy sent home

2010-06-12T18:50:29Z

Adoption agency asks court in Tennessee for investigation after Russian adopted boy sent home

An adoption agency says it's asking a court to launch an investigation to determine whether a Russian boy was abused, neglected or abandoned as a result of being sent back alone on a flight to Moscow by his U.S. adoptive m...

Russian boy's rejection threatens U.S. adoptions

2010-10-13T14:28:59Z

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The news that an American woman rejected her adopted son and sent him back to Russia alone is just a new twist on a familiar tragedy for adoptive parent Svetlana Shashina: she has seen it happen before.

When Shashina and her husband were in the pr...

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US families persevere in seeking Kyrgyz adoptions

2010-04-25T11:45:16Z

Despite unrest and delays, US families persist in trying to adopt from Kyrgyzstan

Amid high-profile furor over adoptions from Haiti and Russia, about 60 American families are persevering with a two-year struggle to complete adoptions from Kyrgyzstan — an already emotional...

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Russia offers no clarity on US adoptions freeze

2010-10-13T14:28:59Z

Status of US adoptions in Russia unclear as returned adopted boy celebrates 8th birthday

Russian and U.S. officials gave birthday gifts Friday to the 8-year-old boy who was returned to Russia by his adoptive American mother, as Russia sent conflicting signals about whether all adoptions to the United States were now suspended.

A Foreign Ministry spokesman sa...

Petition drive urges Russia not to halt adoptions

2010-06-12T18:50:26Z

Petition drive in US urges Russia not to freeze adoptions despite furor over abandonment

Worried over a threatened freeze of adoptions from Russia, thousands of American adoption advocates are petitioning leaders of the two nations to prevent such a step even as they decry a Tennessee woman returning her adopted son to Russia.

Poignant pleas from would-be adoptive p...

US-Russia adoption row highlights risks

2010-06-12T18:50:22Z

It has been described as "disgusting," "despicable" and "callous," a crime deserving of a life prison sentence. But the case of an American woman who sent her adoptive seven-year-old Russian son back to his homeland has elicited a cautious response from other parents who have adopted children from eastern Europe.

Tennessee nurse Torry Hansen provoked outrage last week after she pack...

Russia to put boy in U.S. adoption case in foster home

2010-06-12T18:50:33Z

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian official said on Friday he hoped to quickly place an adopted boy into foster care one week after he was sent home alone from the United States, sparking a halt to all U.S. adoptions by Russia.

Artyom Savelyev, who celebrated his eighth birth...

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2010-10-05T15:06:07Z

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Russian Adoptions Are on Hold

2010-10-25T14:27:37Z

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Fetal alcohol disorders common in Eastern Europe adoptees

2010-04-13T08:30:31Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many children adopted from Eastern European countries may have been exposed to damaging levels of alcohol in the womb, a new study suggests.

In a study of 71 children adopted by Swedish families between 1993 and 1997, researchers found that 52 percent had developed a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, or FASD.

FASD is an umbrella term for the lasting developmental effects seen in some ...

Divisions arise over push for adoptions from Haiti

2010-04-11T12:15:20Z

Challenges, disputes lie ahead as advocates push for more adoptions from Haiti

Logistical challenges and potentially bitter disputes lie ahead as passionate advocates of adoption press for changes that might enable thousands of Haitian children affected by the earthquake to be placed in U.S. homes.

The obstacles are daunting, starting with a need to register Haiti's dislocated children. If done right, this would enab...

Grandmother: Boy terrorized adoptive family in US

2010-10-13T14:28:57Z

Torry Hansen was so eager to become a mother that she adopted an older child from a foreign country, two factors that scare off many prospective parents. Her bigger fears came later.

Torry's mother, Nancy Hansen, said the 7-year-old's violent episodes — which culminated in a threat to burn the family's home to the ground — terrified them into a shockin...

Russia furious over adopted boy sent back from US

2010-10-13T14:28:58Z

Russia threatens to suspend US adoptions after woman sends 7-year-old boy back to Moscow alone

Russia threatened to suspend all child adoptions by U.S. families Friday after a 7-year-old boy adopted by a woman from Tennessee was sent alone on a one-way flight back to Moscow with a note saying he was violent and had severe psycho...

What Documents Require a Notary in Illinois?

2010-10-25T12:42:11Z

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Most adoptions from China now special-needs cases

2010-03-27T12:00:21Z

Not long ago, the choices facing Robert and Julie Garrett would have been simpler. Once they set their hearts on adopting a child from China, the odds were high they could soon bring home a healthy infant girl.

It's different now.

Faced with a long wait — and a smaller pool of healthy orphans available to foreigners — the Garretts have decided after much soul-searching to adopt...

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2010-10-25T11:38:23Z

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US warns against adopting in Nepal

2010-03-05T07:15:44Z

The United States has warned its citizens against adopting children in Nepal, saying it has "grave concerns" about the reliability of that country's adoption system.

The government urged prospective adoptive parents to choose another country, citing the case of a young Nepalese girl placed in the custody of an American couple without the consent of her biological mother and father.

Diplomats urge Nepal to strengthen adoption rules

2010-04-16T06:58:34Z

Diplomats in Nepal on Wednesday urged the government to tighten controls on international adoptions after the parents of a child put up for adoption said they had not given their permission.

In a statement issued by the US embassy, diplomats from 14 countries urged the government "to act swiftly" to implement safeguards contained in a 1993 Hague convention on international adoption.<...

Diplomats urge Nepal to strengthen adoption controls

2010-04-16T06:58:36Z

Diplomats in Nepal on Wednesday urged the government to tighten controls on international adoptions after the parents of a child put up for adoption said they had not given their permission.

In a statement issued by the US embassy, diplomats from 14 countries urged the government "to act swiftly" to implement safeguards contained in a 1993 Hague convention on international adoption.<...

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Americans rush to adopt orphaned Haitian children

2010-04-16T07:29:02Z

Advocacy groups: Americans rushing to adopt children left orphans from Haiti quake

Tammy Gage cries every time she turns on the TV and sees the devastation in Haiti. And though she already has three daughters, she didn't hesitate when her husband suggested that they adopt from Haiti.

"That's all he needed to say," she said.

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US allows entry for thousands of Haitian orphans

2010-04-16T07:32:33Z

The United States said it would allow orphaned children from Haiti to enter the United States legally so they can receive care they need on the heels of the killer earthquake in the Caribbean nation.

"We are committed to doing everything we can to help reunite families in Haiti during this very difficult time," Sierra Leone on Tuesday said they had released on bail four members of a US-based non governmental organisation after questioning them in connection with a child trafficking scandal.

Backed by Interpol, Sierra Leone police are investigating claims by 40 parents in the west African state that their children were trafficked to the Adoptions of foreign children by Americans drop to lowest level since 1996

The number of foreign children adopted by Americans plunged more than a quarter in the past year, reaching the lowest level since 1996 and leading adoption advocates to urge Congress to help reverse the trend.

Big declines were recorded for all three countries that provided the most adopted children in the previous fiscal year. In China and

Top source countries for foreign adoptions in 2009

2010-04-16T08:19:02Z

Top 10 source countries for foreign adoptions by Americans in 2009

The top 10 source countries for U.S. foreign adoptions in fiscal year 2009, with the new number followed by the number for 2008:

1. China: 3,001, down from 3,909.

2. Ethiopia: 2,277, down from 1,725.

3. U.S. special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)

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2011-01-04T22:01:19Z

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2011-01-04T16:30:52Z

Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki answers questions at a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in St. Francis, Wis. Listecki said the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee is directing its attorneys to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying that pending sexual-abuse lawsuits have left it w...

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