Articles about Adoptions: NYTimes | Huggins Family Law | Orange County Divorce Attorney and Child Custody Lawyer Robin C. Huggins

Articles about Adoptions: NYTimes | Huggins Family Law | Orange County Divorce Attorney and Child Custody Lawyer Robin C. Huggins

Articles about Adoptions: NYTimes

Articles about Adoptions: NYTimes
Posted on : February 28, 2008
Anti-Gay, Anti-Family
The potential implications of a proposed Arkansas law that bans people who are “cohabitating outside a valid marriage” from serving as foster parents or adopting children are terrifying. ...»

Antipathy Toward Obama Seen as Helping Arkansas Limit Adoption
A measure that won strong support from conservatives in the state prevents unmarried cohabitating couples from adopting or fostering children. ...»

Meet the Parents
Decades after adoption, an appointment for tea. ...»

Korea Aims to End Stigma of Adoption and Stop ‘Exporting’ Babies
Last year, for the first time, more babies here were adopted by South Koreans than foreigners and the government has set a goal of eliminating foreign adoptions altogether by 2012. ...»

For Distant Generations in Illinois, Unrelated but Oh So Close
A nonprofit adoption agency has designed a community to resemble a nurturing town, complete with surrogate grandparents, out of a shuttered Air Force base. ...»

Adoptee Returns to China and Helps U.S. Team Win
SuGui Kriss, who always wanted to return to China to rediscover her roots, is representing the United States as a member of its sitting volleyball team in Beijing. ...»

In Studies of Virtual Twins, Nature Wins Again
When parents pursue several ways to have a child, the stage is set for virtual twins, genetic strangers who share an environment from an early point in life. ...»

A Bachelor-Father Balancing Act
Ken Page found a home in Long Beach, L.I., and then decided to adopt a son. ...»

In Adoptee’s Search for Roots, Loss and Gain Collide
During a search for his birth mother, Mark Cellura, at age 50, found and lost a twin brother, but through the process, he gained new family and friends. ...»

Officials Accused of Taking Agency Money in Fake Adoptions
Two officials of New York City’s child-welfare agency and the fiscal director of a Brooklyn foster care agency have been charged with creating phantom adoptions in a scheme to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars. ...»

Facing Criticism, McCain Clarifies His Statement on Gay Adoption
The senator’s campaign said he believed states should decide the issue, and that gay adoptions should not be subject to a federal ban. ...»

Judge Hints at Harsh Sentence in Adoption Fraud Case
Judith Leekin, who is accused of abusing 11 adopted children and pleaded guilty to a fraudulent adoption scheme, will learn her sentence Tuesday. ...»

Waits Plague Transfers of Children to Relatives’ Care
A cumbersome legal process can delay transfers of children to caregivers in different states for months, but agreement on how to change the rules is elusive. ...»

A World Away, New Rules Put an Adoption on Hold
Ilze Earner, who is trying to adopt a distant cousin orphaned in Latvia, has been trapped in bureaucratic limbo, a victim, she contends, of bad information from the American government. ...»

Beauty in a Parent’s Eyes, and in the Face of a Child
A program matches children with couples who are willing to take on their handicaps and imperfections. ...»