Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / August 2004

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/living/9481224.htm
SLeone 'child-smuggler' arrests
The 10-year civil war has left many orphans and great poverty
Three people have been arrested and charged with smuggling 29 children to the

Report: DCF workers missed signs of abuse of starved girl
Associated Press
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - Countless child welfare workers missed or ignored
signs of abuse in the household where a Hernando County girl was

Fired DCF counselor fights back
Some get special treatment, he says
By Bill Cotterell DEMOCRAT POLITICAL EDITOR
When a distraught father reported that his little girl told him her

Ok, I feel bad that she's dead.  But renaming a 10-year-old?
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12717367&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_i
d=227937&rfi=6
ADOPTION TRIP ENDS

Bitten Baby's 3 Siblings Taken By State
By STEPHEN THOMPSON spthompson@tampatrib.com
Published: Aug 5, 2004
SEMINOLE - For the first time since his 2-week-old daughter was

Robin's self-destruction...
http://freespeechstore.com/public/2008_Internet_Filth_Posted_By_Self_Anoin
ted_Adoption_Guru_Robin_Harritt__harritt.net__robin.org.htm
http://freespeechstore.com/Qresults.asp?Search_Keyword=harritt&btnSearch2=

Sexy Girl Still Needs Your Help - Will Give XXX PIX !!
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Please Help Me save my home.
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My name is Lorenzo Crescini  and I'm Italian. These "Flashes on Good
and evil" reflect the same mood characterizing the Flashes on the Holy
Gospels and Turin's Holy Shroud I wrote in Africa: making myself
useful to our Lord Jesus Christ.

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040822-054840-6429r.htm
Couple sues over adopted child's illness
East Bay, CA, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- An East Bay, Calif., couple has filed suit
against Alameda County and several medical providers after learning their

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - A couple face at least three years in prison for
disciplining their young children by letting their part-pit bull dog attack
them.
Joyce Hoskins, 47, and David Hoskins, 46, pleaded guilty Friday to three

"CPS caseworkers investigated abuse allegations at least six times."  Yeah,
hon, it beez a "black thang" that White folks can't relate to, right? "The
children were removed from Teague's custody while she was serving a prison
term for assaulting a police officer."  TNB....

I adopted my wife's daughter when she was five. Not a good idea. I now
know why most people in second familys choose to remain step-parents.
She is now twenty. I am in Ohio. What is involved in having the
adopton annuled? Probably more difficult than a divorce, no? Thanks,

There are clealy a number of well informed and well read folks in this
group. Perhaps someone can provide some credible data on the following
question:
Let me limit the question to the USA as that is where I live:

KSAT.com
State Adoption Web Site Under Fire
Critics: Every Child In Registry Should Be On Site
POSTED: 12:13 PM CDT August 21, 2004

http://www.thisweeknews.com/thisweek.php?edition=common&story=thisweeknews
/081904/gcr/News/081904-News-447505.html
Adoption of 'special needs' children encouraged
Thursday, August 19, 2004