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Adopted Maine Senator Finds Birth Parents ... Adopted Maine Senator Finds Birth Parents 1. (ABC News)
Death jolts Argentine baby trial Feb 27, 2008
The birth parents then disappeared - probably among the estimated 30,000 people killed during the Dirty War. Eighty-eight of those stolen children - now in their late twenties and early thirties - have been identified. (BBC News -- Americas)
Eyes on the Future Feb 24, 2008
No one tells her about her birth parents. She speaks Arabic at home and learns French at school. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Judge rebukes prison in adoption Feb 23, 2008
The indifference of federal authorities is ironic, Alvarez said, because new federal laws designed to shorten children's stays in foster care require that they be either returned to their birth parents or given another permanent family within 12 months ... But Brewer said he and other attorneys for birth parents have routinely encountered difficulties with access on their cases. (The Palm Beach Post)
"Heart Gallery" showcases foster children Feb 22, 2008
All are legally open for adoption and are not involved with their birth parents, though some may keep in contact with siblings ... Everyone should definitely look into it, said Dr. Gravel, whose children participate in a support group for other adoptive families and keep in contact with their birth parents. (Malden Observer, MA)
Adoption case decided Feb 16, 2008
As owners of the Wellsville-based Focus on Children adoption agency, Scott and Karen Banks allegedly duped birth parents in Samoa into giving up their children under the premise that they would receive an American education, return to the country at age 18 and remain in contact. However, adoptive parents in the United States reportedly viewed the adoptions as permanent. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Dating with a twist: New service makes matches using DNA tests Feb 13, 2008
The only caveats he offers is that 's DNA matching won't work for women using hormonal contraception -- which research shows makes women most attracted to the scent of those with similar immune system DNA -- or people not raised by their birth parents. So, while there's no conclusive evidence that using DNA to help find potential partners is especially effective, it most likely can't hurt. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
As adoptees seek roots, states unsealing records Feb 13, 2008
Next January, Maine will become the eighth state to give adult adoptees full access to their original birth certificates, which lists birth parents' names ... -Delaware -- allows access unless birth parents veto disclosure ... Allows birth parents to refuse contact with their children. (USA Today)
Children of methState seeks Pinal County families willing to provide foster care Feb 3, 2008
-- Involving birth parents, foster parents and relatives as team members with the agency and one another ... -- Involving birth parents, foster parents and relatives as team members with the agency and one another. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Pitt DSS seeking fee for adoptees Feb 3, 2008
The law, which went into effect Jan. 1, says adoption agencies can now help adopted adults obtain health information about their birth parents, or even find them if there is written consent from both parties. After analyzing the cost of providing the service, officials from the county's Department of Social Services have determined an application fee of $400 and hourly fee of $85 would be appropriate. (The Daily Reflector)
Ill-gotten billions on plain view, invested by late dictator'sfamily and elite Feb 1, 2008
Ill-gotten billions on plain view, invested by late dictator's family and elite. Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
CASA Volunteers are Changing Lives Jan 28, 2008
The stark reality here is that social workers are often overworked with numerous cases assigned to their case loads, with their time and energy needing to be spread evenly over everyone concerned- birth parents, children, extended family and other parties involved. CASA Volunteers are a Voice for the Children. (Suite101.com)
County program gets foster kids on right track Jan 28, 2008
Most children end up in the foster care system because of abuse, neglect or abandonment by their birth parents. If they don't learn the skills needed for daily living, they're susceptible to homelessness, unplanned pregnancy, drug abuse, criminality and even suicide. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Sister for Kate Jan 24, 2008
With domestic adoption, there are sometimes issues with the birth parents choosing to parent an adopted child ... Though Kate isn't in contact with her birth parents, she maintains a strong cultural connection to her native country. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Foster care cases up 51pc since 2002 Jan 23, 2008
Paul - I'm not sure I can agree with you on the "legally married4000 quot; idea. Who is to say that someone who is legally married is going to be a better parent than someone who is not?My partner and I have been together for 10 years, have a beautiful three and a half year old, and another on the way. We're well educated, financially secure, run a successful business, contribute to our community, and are good parents. But we're not "legally" married, so apparently we're not worthy of having... (ABC Online)
Opening closed books on adoption Jan 14, 2008
That leaves them without access to their birth parents' identities, and basic information about their heritage and family medical history ... Bills pending in both Assembly and Senate committees would grant adult adoptees access to their original birth certificates and medical information while offering birth parents the chance to indicate whether they wish to have contact with their offspring ... Instead of open records, New York maintains what adoption experts call a "passive registry."... (Albany Times Union)
Court annuls marriage between twins separated at birth Jan 12, 2008
The most likely route is through tracking down their birth parents. Their story was revealed to the independent peer Lord Alton in a conversation with the high court judge who annulled the marriage. (Guardian Unlimited)
Brent can't 'Wait' to tell you his top picks in 2007 Jan 6, 2008
"August Rush." Contrived and silly, sure, but also a very sensitive portrait of a boy searching for his birth parents. 5. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Fighting an uphill battle for adoptee rights Jan 6, 2008
Five years ago, Quibell was reunited with his birth parents ... The searcher met with each of his birth parents, both of whom agreed to release all identifying information (name, date of birth, place of birth and last known address) ... According to Quibell, mutual consent between adoptee and birth parent is a sensible request, but what about adoptees born before birth parents had an opportunity to say "yes" or "no" to future contact in the form of an affidavit at the time of the adoption. (The Examiner)
Renewed US concerns about Vietnamese adoptions leave American parents in limbo Jan 6, 2008 DSHS registry helps reunite adult adoptees with birth parents, siblings Jan 3, 2008 More Fla. kids die from abuse Dec 28, 2007 Strangers, then sisters Dec 24, 2007 At Wellspring camp, young women shed pounds Dec 17, 2007 Did he really want to know? Dec 16, 2007 Latham Ramps Up Parental Benefits; Will Other Firms Follow? Dec 14, 2007 Guatemala tightens adoption rules Dec 13, 2007 Guatemala tightens adoptions, leaves pending cases alone Dec 12, 2007 Supervisors designate fire stations for safe surrender Dec 12, 2007 ‘Goodbye dear, sweet boy’ Dec 11, 2007 - Tribute to Dennis Dec 10, 2007 News in brief Dec 5, 2007 Relatives to get up to 198 per week in foster care allowances Dec 5, 2007 Police ask parents to return girl, 5 Dec 1, 2007 Boy who refused treatment on... Dec 1, 2007 Tragic end to a troubled life Nov 30, 2007 Judge rules boy can refuse life-saving blood transfusion Nov 29, 2007 Young Jehovah's Witness who refused blood transfusion dies Nov 29, 2007 Taking PRIDE Nov 28, 2007 Early frustration couldn't stop Welker's emergence Nov 25, 2007 It’s National Family Week in Marion Nov 24, 2007 How actors go from zero to music virtuoso for film roles Nov 22, 2007 A Thanksgiving Day moment Nov 22, 2007 Son welcomed into family on National Adoption Day Nov 22, 2007 Who's naughty, who's nice? Nov 22, 2007 Trojans anticipating a feast Nov 22, 2007 The risks of knowing Nov 22, 2007 Oregon governor orders review of order sending child to Mexico Nov 21, 2007 Editor's Mailbag Nov 21, 2007 Chance of a Lifetime Nov 21, 2007 12 comment(s) Nov 19, 2007 Views split on foster-care drop Nov 19, 2007 Jocelyn Hohn Nov 17, 2007 States Urged To Let Adoptees See Records Nov 13, 2007 Report urges open access to records for adult adoptees Nov 13, 2007 Report: Let adoptees see birth info Nov 13, 2007 True conflicts, true tears from talented storyteller Nov 11, 2007 'We shared this dark secret' Nov 10, 2007 Extradition ordered for preacher Nov 9, 2007 Patricia Ann Jacques Nov 5, 2007 Answering the call Nov 3, 2007 Nonprofit seeks foster homes in Lompoc Nov 2, 2007 How to face your twin for the very first time Oct 30, 2007 COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment(R) Releases 'Christmas Time in South Park' DVD to Hit Stores on Tuesday, November 13 Oct 30, 2007 Dozens of county children in Texas’ foster care system Oct 28, 2007 Jonathan Rhys Meyers offers viewing tips on 'August Rush' Oct 23, 2007 Lawmaker wants to shield names of foster parents from public Oct 10, 2007 Trinas Troops walks to raise awareness of breast cancer Oct 10, 2007 Luncheon kicks off breast cancer month Oct 9, 2007 Pair adopts child as act of faith Oct 6, 2007 Commentary: Guatemalan orphans in legal limbo Oct 6, 2007 Doctors Ullom-Minnich will walk with daughters in CROP benefit Oct 5, 2007 * Couples urged to be foster parents Oct 3, 2007 Abuse cases settled for $14 million Sep 29, 2007 Adoption Assistance Sep 28, 2007 It takes a 'Village' to raise abused children Sep 27, 2007 Reform foster care Sep 24, 2007 Choices of the heart Sep 23, 2007 New Ontario adoption law struck down Sep 21, 2007 Controversial Ontario adoption law quashed Sep 20, 2007 Finding family Sep 18, 2007 Contractor goof has hundreds of LA County adoptions in question Sep 12, 2007 Number Of Children Killed Doubles In Sacramento County Sep 12, 2007 Official: End, dont manage homelessness Sep 12, 2007
U.S. law requires that an adopted child be a genuine orphan or be given up knowingly for adoption by his birth parents. Because of the recent problems, immigration officials have begun conducting visa investigations before parents arrive to pick up the child. (International Herald Tribune)
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Jackson, a Battle Creek resident, professional genealogist, public speaker and author, will present many methods and tips that may help find old neighbors, military or school friends, birth parents and adoptees who seem to have disappeared. For more of this story please. (Coldwater Daily Reporter, MI)
People usually have little or no information about their birth parents, siblings or children placed for adoption ... The Texas Vital Statistics Central Adoption Registry can reunite adult adoptees with birth parents or siblings who sign up looking for each other. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
A larger study of abuse reports in Missouri found that children living in households with unrelated adults are nearly 50 times as likely to die of inflicted injuries as children living with two birth parents. Alan Abramowitz, the interim head of the Department of Children and Families in Palm Beach County, said the risk factors identified in the report line up perfectly with the criteria that investigators use when deciding whether a child can remain safely at home. (The Palm Beach Post)
That twins separated at birth and raised by different parents, none of whom, perhaps, are the birth parents, reveal identical behavioral and psychological evolutions, not to mention significant life choices, is utterly startling, particularly to those who bet on the determining power of parents and socialization ... Their inevitable hunt for birth parents leads them into a rather ugly chapter of adoption history. (Boston Globe)
Being adopted, I always had those nagging questions about my birth parents. . (Albany Times Union)
Off and on for the past 10 years, Barham corresponded with the Methodist Mission Home, which helps reunite children who were adopted from there and their birth parents if both parties are interested. "You have to fill out paperwork to get things started," Barham says, "and I'd keep it for a while, think about it, then never follow up.". (The Clarion-Ledger)
"We wanted to mirror what we're doing for the birth parents.". And that's important for lesbian and gay parents who choose to adopt children, said recruiter Claudia Trevisan, who works at L.A.-based Swan Legal Search. (Law.com)
The new law will eliminate mediators, create a federal adoption agency and prohibit birth parents from receiving financial compensation. The government has been under pressure to curb a controversial trade where intermediaries are paid up to $40,000 (19,600) to arrange an adoption. (BBC News -- Americas)
All orphanages will have to register with the council, which will be responsible for informing birth parents of their options and establishing fees that non-Guatemalan adoptive parents pay to the government. The law prohibits birth parents from being paid for giving a child up for adoption, and eliminates the notaries' practice of offering children for adoption before they are born. (Boston Globe)
It also provides birth parents the option to reclaim children within 14 days of surrendering them. Since it was passed, 182 newborns have been safely surrendered in California, including four in San Diego County. (North County Times)
Sundays memorial was arranged by his birth parents, grandmother, schoolmates, teachers and friends ... The memorial gave some comfort to Dennis birth parents, Dennis Lindberg Sr. and Rachel Wherry of Idaho ... The order was despite strong objections by Dennis birth parents and grandmother, who continue to contend young Dennis should not have had the ability to reject a transfusion. (Anacortes Weekly, WA)
Notably absent Saturday were Dennis birth parents and grandmother, who have been outspoken in their belief that Dennis should not have been allowed to refuse a blood transfusion ... Though Mincin did not invite those family members to the service, she said Friday that they also loved Dennis and that she would give a portion of his ashes to his birth parents and a heart-shaped pendant for her mother to carry Dennis ashes with her. (Anacortes Weekly, WA)
Babies switched at clinic return to birth parents. Two babies mistakenly swapped at birth have gone home to their biological parents in time for their first birthday. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
We're all aware of the grandparents who look after the children [of] birth parents who have been misusing drugs or other substances, and it is increasingly important that children can get appropriate support from kinship carers. " Mr Ingram said that the omission of family carers was due to a level of "informality" that had previously existed in the foster system. He added: "We need families to come forward and look after children as a first resort, and by improving the support that can be... (Scotsman)
A 5-year-old girl taken from her guardian by her birth parents yesterday afternoon has a severe vitamin deficiency, prompting a police plea to the parents today ... She was there with her aunt, her legal guardian, for a supervised visit with her birth parents, Vivene and Peter Livas. (Toronto Star)
However, his birth parents, Lindberg and Rachel Wherry, who do not have custody and flew from Boise, Idaho, to be at the hearing, believed their son should have had the transfusion and suggested he had been unduly influenced by his aunt, who is also a Jehovah's Witness. The aunt has declined to talk about the case. (CNN -- Law)
While Dennis could not attend the hearing, his birth parents, Dennis Lindberg Sr. and Rachel Wherry of Idaho, were there, hoping the judge would order the transfusion ... His birth parents, however, traveled from their home in Idaho to be in court Wednesday and urge the judge to order the transfusion. (Anacortes Weekly, WA)
However, his birth parents, who do not have custody and flew in from Idaho to be at the hearing, think their son should have a transfusion. His aunt, Dianna Mincin, was made Lindbergs legal custodian in January and is also a Jehovahs Witness. (Anacortes Weekly, WA)
However, his birth parents, Lindberg Sr. and Rachel Wherry, who do not have custody and flew from Boise, Idaho, to be at the hearing, believed their son should have had the transfusion and suggested he had been unduly influenced by his legal guardian, his aunt Dianna Mincin, who is also a Jehovah's Witness. Mincin has declined to talk about the case. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Cynthia said her biggest worry is getting to know the birth parents of a child and learning how to work with them to get them back into the child s life ... The misconception is foster parents are there just for the child, when they are also there to help the birth parents have time to straighten out their lives. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
"Yes," Shelley replied, "we are the natural birth parents.". Forgive Shelley if the compliment was lost on her. (USA Today -- Sports)
Pregnancy Counseling, also known as Maternity Services provides counseling and supportive services for birth parents seeking assistance related to pregnancy or parenthood. Prisoner and Family Ministry provides the Storybook and Visits to Mom programs for children of prisoners incarcerated in the State of Illinois. (Marion Daily Republican, IL)
Such questions resurface with the release of "August Rush," a new film about an orphaned 11-year-old musical prodigy who uses his gifts as a clue to finding his birth parents. Cast members spent over three months learning to play instruments, including Keri Russell, who portrays a concert cellist, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who plays a rock singer-songwriter, and Freddie Highmore, who, in the title role, plays both guitar and organ and conducts a symphony orchestra. (Christian Science Monitor)
According to Joan Miles, director of the state Department of Health and Human Services, there are about 1,800 Montana children in foster care, and fewer than half of them are ever going to be reunited with their birth parents. Those of them who find a real adoptive family, removing them from the permanent outsider status of kids who know too well that their home life always is tentative and temporary, are lucky children indeed. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
When it comes to the point where the state feels that (the child) won't have to go back to the birth parents, then the state goes through a termination hearing to let the court decide whether the biological parents' rights can be terminated ... The Bergsmas went through visits with the birth parents and met with a volunteer court-appointed special advocate (CASA). (Enumclaw Courier Herald, WA)
Who's naughty, who's nice. Hollywood unwraps its holiday films. (The Clarion-Ledger)
"That might be a problem for Carpenter, a junior from Westlake High who has passed for 20 touchdowns with eight interceptions. Carpenter suffered a sprained thumb against California on Oct. 27. He re-injured it when he hit his hand on a helmet against UCLA on Nov. 10.Carroll, though, is wary of a player who has a knack for making something out of nothing. 1 In the search to find his birth parents, a reporter learns some painful truths. Text USC Feature Videos Related Stories - More USC Sports... (Los Angeles Times)
(Mark Bischel / For the Times) Crossing the Atlantic to find his birth parents, a reporter learns some painful truths ... In the search to find his birth parents, a reporter learns some painful truths. (Los Angeles Times)
The Brandts have filed in Lincoln County Circuit Court for an order allowing them to keep the boy as the psychological equivalents of his birth parents. A hearing is set for Dec. 14, and Kulongoski said he hopes the issue can be resolved before then. (North County Times)
Dangerous Dave wrote on Nov 20, 2007 1:48 PM:" Thx Richard. Most government agencies are tyrannies. IRS is a major one. Now, as for this kid being sent to Mexico, you are right on the money that he will be in the same environment that produced his stellar birth parents (that was sarcasm). DHS is fine with this. The fact is, and you addressed it, DHS is just a money wasting beauracracy that does nothing but create more dependence. The best thing for the state would be if it were shut down. And... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
"I was adopted and that's how I came to be in this area," said the Montrose resident, who upon finding her birth parents living in the area made the trip from Florida to reunite with her family. Once she arrived, still nervous and apprehensive about the reunion, she saw a familiar face on television that helped connect mother and daughter. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
"There are fewer issues with our boys about birth parents," Ellingham said. "They don't feel like they are missing out on something. We talk about the past. There are no mysteries and everybody has been there.". (Longview Daily News, WA)
After a push to return children to their birth parents, local leaders have reduced the number of children in Palm Beach County foster care to the lowest level in at least six years ... Between August and October alone, 123 children went home to their birth parents ... It separated children who were assigned to workers with higher-than-average removal rates, and found those kids fared worse than those assigned to people who tended to leave kids with their birth parents. (The Palm Beach Post)
Debbie wrote on Nov 16, 2007 6:47 AM:" Jocelyn was an amazing woman.. before I met her she found my birth parents.. She will be greatly missed by all who love her.. my love and prayers go out to her family. ". WRITE A COMMENT. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
(CBS/AP) It is among the most divisive questions in the realm of adoption: Should adult adoptees have access to their birth records, and thus be able to learn the identity of their birth parents ... For years there has been an assumption privacy was in the best interests of the birth parents who give up their children and the families who adopt them, reports CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers ... Ninety-five percent of birth parents said they were open to contact by their children. (CBS News)
In most states, including Illinois, adoptees are legally prohibited from obtaining those records, based on the belief that such practices best serve both the birth parents who relinquished their children and their new families ... "The laws should be written to protect people they serve ... and instead they were written for the minority -- the birth parents who don't want post-adoption contact," said Feigenholtz, who said she receives about two calls a week on the issue ... Bruce Boyer, head of... (Chicago Tribune)
NEW YORK - It's among the most divisive questions in the realm of adoption: Should adult adoptees have access to their birth records, and thus be able to learn the identity of their birth parents. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News)
The first deals almost exclusively with Dalton's personal history, beginning with his birth parents' chance meeting at JC Penney in 1971 and leading to the story of how he was reunited with his biological family in Hooper Bay. Dalton is at his best in the first act, in which he teasingly but lovingly brings to life the auxiliary characters key to his story, including his parents, members of his biological family, and most entertainingly, the Catholic Social Services counselor who reunited him... (Anchorage Daily News)
"Twenty-five years ago, when we started a charity for adults affected by adoption, we used to get the odd case where a set of birth parents had gone on to marry and I can remember being really surprised," says Pam Hodgkins, founder and chief executive of Norcap ... Having sought out his birth mother last year, Bill was not altogether pleased to find his birth parents married and still together. (Guardian Unlimited -- Society)
All five children were taken into care in Kenya and none of their birth parents have been traced. In Britain, one couple who say Mr Deya produced a 'miracle baby' in Kenya for them had the child taken away from them by Haringey Borough Council after it emerged that they were not the child's parents. (BBC News)
Patti was preceded in death by her birth parents, William and Barbara Hunter; brothers, William and Robert Hunter; her husband, Leon Jacques; and her father, Vernon Spinney. She is survived by the two lights of her life, her daughter, Charlotte Jacques of Seattle, Wash. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Pairing those birth parents with adoptive families is what adoption agencies and Social Services departments seek to do ... Some of those include being separated from the child after becoming attached, emotional problems with the child and overzealous birth parents, to name a few. (Lenoir News Topic, NC)
Some children had to be sent to families outside of Santa Barbara County, which makes it more difficult to eventually reunite with their birth parents. One Lompoc mother-of-four, who asked that her name not be used, said she took a child from Angels so that her children could experience being around an infant. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Growing up in New York, she had always known she was adopted, but had never bothered to search for her birth parents ... In fact, in 2000, she had written a personal essay for Redbook magazine about how her birth parents played no part in her sense of identity. (Globe and Mail)
The Broflovski family is dealt a devastating blow when Ike's Canadian birth parents show up unexpectedly and want their baby back. When the townspeople decide to forgo Christmas gifts and take up a collection to get Ike home to South Park, the boys are distraught. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Foster care the care of one or more children, from tots to teenagers is necessary when birth parents have to be relieved; temporarily, in the great majority of cases; of their parenting responsibility in a family crisis of some kind. According to information this week provided by Chris Van Dusen, communications coordinator for the Texas state agency involved with providing for foster care and seeking adoptive parents, currently 36 Washington County tots to teenagers are in Texas foster care... (Brenham Banner, TX)
The movie, which co-stars Robin Williams, Keri Russell and Freddie Highmore, tells the story of a talented young musician who is looking for his birth parents. The boy, who has an eccentric companion, performs on the streets of New York. (USA Today -- Life)
"As a foster parent, I know there is no way you can make it public information without making it easier for disgruntled birth parents to know where their kids are at," said Wagner, who served as a foster parent to six children. "You can't make that a public record and not increase the safety risk to a vulnerable population.". (WKRC.com, OH)
Since Katrina was adopted, and because she was diagnosed at such a young age, her doctors encouraged her to undergo genetic testing since she did not have the medical records of her birth parents. She decided to have the testing done in February 2002. (Somerville Journal, MA)
"It could be anything, I had an employee who wanted to find her birth parents, so I helped her with that. Anything that an employee wants information on, that's where I come in.". Approximately 50 people, mostly women, attended Friday's luncheon at the hospital, hosted by REAP (The Reliable Employees Activities Program) Wellness Group to hear about the most common kind of cancer diagnosed in women. (Carthage Press, MO)
More than a dozen fellow worshippers at Cornerstone had opted for a foreign adoption, which is generally less complicated than domestic because birth parents are not involved and the match is made by a government agency. Adoption has become a church mission championed by Sue Mathis, the pastor's wife. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
But more importantly, they are concerned about as many as 5,000 children who would remain in legal limbo, even though their birth parents have already relinquished their parental rights. The Joint Council on International Children's Services also is concerned about the effect that Berger's decision could have on Guatemalan orphans. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
They felt very fortunate to have the opportunity to meet the girls aunt, as well as a few other relatives, to glean a little more information about the girls childhood and birth parents. While the girls have been a wonderful blessing to our family, we are saddened by the poverty and lack of a social safety net that contributed to the death of their parents says Dr. Marla. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
World Vision Taiwan's data show that 45 percent of children placed in foster care were abused or neglected by their birth parents, 17 percent were sick or disabled, while 16 percent were abandoned ... "I told my own children to be grateful and understand how lucky they are to have their birth parents by their side," he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The three siblings from Palm Beach County, an 11-year-old boy with disabilities and his two younger sisters, then 10 and 8, were sent to Johnson's home in July 1991, several years after being taken from their birth parents. Two months later, two of the siblings told child abuse investigators that they were being beaten with extension cords and shoes. (The Palm Beach Post)
By the time abused or neglected children become available for adoption, the legal rights of their birth parents have been terminated. As legal orphans, there are only two options for them, foster care or adoption. (Suite101.com)
"Our hope is to return the children to their birth parents or have them adopted," says Linda West, executive director of Mississippi Families for Kids, which placed 22 children last year. "I know there are certain times when children need residential facilities, but we believe they need to grow up in a family," says West, whose agency works with DHS.. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Hayes said birth parents need more help in improving their lives. And for those who can't, the process for terminating their parental rights takes too long.. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Tell me about my birth parents - even if it's all bad. The therapists explained to Usher and her husband that many adopted children, when they move into a home around age 4, are old enough to have faint memories of their past, but too young to know why they were moved. (Boston Globe)
TORONTO Adoptees and birth parents will no longer be privy to the personal information contained in adoption records after Ontario Superior Court on Wednesday struck down nascent legislation that allowed past adoption records to be opened ... Under legislation that only took effect Monday, adoptees and birth parents could apply for information in adoption orders and original birth records ... For two days (beginning Monday) in this province, adoptees and birth parents were treated with... (Canada.com)
Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian said the ruling by Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba respects the wishes of virtually everybody by allowing birth parents to keep their adoption records sealed if they choose to remain anonymous ... Times have changed, and birth parents who gave their children up for adoption years ago could have had their privacy rights violated under the province's Adoption Information Disclosure Act, she said ... Ms. Cavoukian said she had urged the... (Globe and Mail)
Bates's quest to find his birth parents and to build a father-son bond with a death row inmate is the basis of "My Father," a feature film released here this month ... But the yearning was there, he said, when people asked why he looked different and when he wondered what his birth parents looked like. (International Herald Tribune)
It was discovered in June that Yoakum Investigations, which has a 549,000 contract with the Department of Children and Family Services, failed to properly notify birth parents or guardians in 237 cases in which foster children were up for adoption. Written notice is required by law in adoption matters to ensure the delivery of subpoenas, notices and other legal documents pertaining to court hearings. (North County Times)
The report indicates that not only did most of the children die in their birth parents' care, but CPS allowed many of the young victims to stay in those homes. Shakely told KCRA 3's Leticia Ordaz that it's very bothersome because she thought lessons were learned that children should not remain in homes were there is risk to children. (KCRA 3, CA)
It is very hard for many of them to re-establish relations with their birth parents, Mangano said. People with substance abuse problems, especially those who have lived in treatment centers. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
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