Adoptions and Orphans

By Jeff Gammage
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
> Rosanne Cowen was at work in her Moorestown office when an e-mail arrived from her adoption agency, bearing the subject line "Baby Girl."
> Her hands shook as she opened the message: She and her husband had a new daughter - Maria Jose, a newborn living with a foster family in [...]

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October 27, 2007 10:30 a.m. EST
 

Paul Icamina - AHN News Writer
Geneva, Switzerland (AHN) - Authorities are now looking for the family members of 103 children, aged to 8, who human smugglers tried to spirit out of Chad for adoption in France.
The attempt to separate [...]

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International Adoption - The Basics of Adopting from another Country
By Patrick Phillips
The issue of “Foreign Adoption”, “Overseas Adoption”, “International Adoption”, “Intercountry Adoption”, call it what you will or prefer, has been raised a great many times. The common misconception of a well meaning family from the developed world carrying a suitcase full of cash and [...]

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Adoption Laws
 
Adoption laws are mainly local laws and vary from place to place.  When adopting a child from another country you must learn and observe their particular laws regarding adoption.  It is important to be sure to follow the pertinent laws to ensure a clean and legal adoption. 
 
An adoption attorney is a lawyer who [...]

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Status of Adoptions in Russia
By Pal Charmant
On Jan 13, 2007, the New York Times ran an article entitled “A Taste of U.S. Family Life, but Adoption in Limbo.” It mentioned the crisis following the resignation of the Director of Ukraine’s new Department for Adoptions, leaving the status of adoption of 90,000 orphans in limbo.
In 2005, [...]

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