Adoption News
Yahoo! News updated onNo agreement reached in the Baby Vanessa case, custody hearing set
Two intensive days of mediation in the Baby Vanessa child custody case didn’t result in any agreement among the parties — prospective adoptive mother Stacey Doss of California, birth father Benajamin Mills Jr. of Dayton and his mother Rena Jordan of Middletown, who also is seeking custody.Montgomery County Juvenile Court Judge Nick Kuntz rescheduled the custody hearing for the week of Dec. 6 ...
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:01:15 -0700
Lennox MP backs gay adoption
LENNOX Head-based State MLC Catherine Cusack says she will not only vote for a bill allowing same-sex couples to adopt – she's looking forward to it.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:17:57 -0700
Adoption Bill Passed in NSW
A bill that would allow same-sex couples to adopt children in New South Wales passed the lower house of parliament.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:36:08 -0700
A D.C. family works to reunify, in and out of court
Danielle Pleasant knows this is her last shot. Her five children have been in and out of foster care for more than a decade, as Pleasant struggled to overcome addiction, mental illness, HIV and her own parental shortcomings. Now years removed from the days when she was abusing "everything," when ... United States - Government - Scotland - Germany - Economy of Germany
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:22:00 -0700
Parents of murdered mom can't adopt grandchild
A judge says foster parents who have raised a toddler since before her mother was murdered last year can adopt the girl, instead of grandparents who didn't know the child existed before the murder
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:22:20 -0700
Tot's foster family gets custody over grandparents
GREENSBURG, Pa. - A judge says foster parents who have raised a toddler since before her mother was murdered last year can adopt the girl, instead of grandparents who didn't know the child existed before the killing.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:34:48 -0700
Area man honored upon retirement after 50 years in social services field
MT. VERNON — While raising their children in Carmi during the 1960s, Harold and Barbara Winder would often hear the anxious tap of a child at their front door.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:04:42 -0700
Switching off brain and pain
The new head of the College of Anaesthetists wants to raise the profile of a profession few can spell, let alone understand.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:19:44 -0700
Interested in adopting?
GRAND RAPIDS — Have you ever thought about adopting a child but then chose not to pursue it because you believed you could not afford it?
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:11:57 -0700
Same-sex adoption bill passes House
BIRTH parents who do not want their children to be adopted by a same-sex couple will be able to make their preference known without fear they will breach anti-discrimination laws by doing so.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:23:16 -0700