Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / July 2004

wexwimpy <wexwimpy@citicom.com> wrote in
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Overhaul of foster care eyed
By Cheryl Wetzstein
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The nation's foster care system would undergo sweeping changes, akin

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Two years ago I posted my adoption search information on a message
board.  I was contacted by Ms Sandi Duncan and was told by her that
she could find my birthmother for me for $150.00.  She said she could
supply references to me but I spoke with her by phone, and felt that

Three down, three to go...  So sad.  Thanks Be - for the dedicated foster
parents who stand by, ready to help little ones like these.
Sherman
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=31825&format=

oh yuck
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-501732.html
Lawsuit: Home didn't protect girl from sexual abuse
By Susan Broili : The Herald-Sun

I got this of an AOL board:
http://www.thnt.com/thnt/story/0,21282,1003120,00.html
Not every birth parent wants to be found
My wife is in the unfortunate position of having been the victim of a sexual

http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-APO-1104&idq=/ff/story/0001%2
F20040723%2F2052866526.htm&sc=1104
China Convicts 52 of Baby Trafficking
By JOE McDONALD
BEIJING (AP) - A court convicted 52 members of a baby-trafficking gang

Regier's friends
DCF Secretary Jerry Regier's mixing of personal and business
relationships brings into question whether the agency is getting the
best deal for our tax dollars.

Mr. Regier's mess
Our position: The DCF chief should take leave pending a probe of his
agency.
Posted July 26, 2004

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040723/ZNYT04/4
07230409/1004/LOCAL
Close Encounters With a Home Barely Known
New York Times

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63045-2004Jul19.html
Talking About Adoption
Tuesday, July 20, 2004; Page HE07
Many parents who adopt don't want to talk about it -- especially with their

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/07/25/former_supporter_runs
_against_garry?pg=2
Cuddeback knocks Paulsen on votes
By John Laidler, Globe Staff  |  July 25, 2004

Trying to understand if there is a way to defer using the tax credit.
- Adopted twins (US Citizens) in 2003 with just about all expenses
paid in that year
- Adoption was finalized in 2004

MASSACHUSETTS
http://www.masslive.com/newsflash/mass/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1090442379
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'Safe haven' bill lands on Romney's desk