Domestic Adoptions News for 09/20/2009



Official: No Ukrainian adoption for Elton John - The Associated Press

Telegraph.co.uk

Official: No Ukrainian adoption for Elton John
The Associated Press
Adoption and gay rights advocates expressed regret about the determination by Family, Youth and Sports Minister Yuriy Pavlenko, while a children's charity .
Elton John denied adoption of HIV-positive boy by UkraineThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com
EveryChild charity believes international adoption sends wrong messageCNN International
Elton John's wish to adopt faces rejectionguardian.co.uk

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U.S. rules delay adoptions (Detroit Free Press)
Marily Nixon and Luca Rigotti thought they had made a benevolent choice when they finalized their adoption of a 4-year-old girl from Ethiopia, plucking her from the impoverished orphanage where she had been abandoned...

Islamic Law in Egypt EUR Applied to Adoptions (Foreign Policy Blogs)
This week in Egypt, two American couples were arrested and charged with human trafficking after they engaged in illegal adoptions.They were sentenced to two years in prison and fined $18,153. According to the AP, EURThey adopted children from a Cairo orphanage that allegedly gave them forged documents stating the adoptive children had been born to [.]..

Animal Shelter Halts Adoptions Over Flu (FOX 7 Austin)
Georgetown Animal Shelter is halting adoptions because some of the dogs there are sick with canine respiratory illness...

Vietnamese adoptions face scrutiny - Irish Times

Vietnamese adoptions face scrutiny
Irish Times
In 2008, of the 498 declarations of eligibility issued by the Adoption Board, 286 were for Vietnam, followed by 125 for Russia, according to the board. .

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The surrogacy boom continues regardless of setbacks in gay rights
. it is benefiting from growing public acceptance and awareness as a viable and safe method for gay men to become parents. This is particularly true since international and domestic adoptions have become more difficult to accomplish.EUR ...

State rewarded for increasing adoptions (KOTA Rapid City)
The Adoption Incentives program was created in 1997 and provides payments to states that increase the number of children adopted relative to baseline data...

Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity Blog Archive Vietnam's .
In his report Tung emphasized new rules that encourage domestic adoptions. Tung said 20000 children had been adopted over the past five years, only 13000 of whom were adopted by domestic families. The rest were adopted by foreigners. ...

5 years, many adoptions later, Forever Families lives on - News 8 Austin

5 years, many adoptions later, Forever Families lives on
News 8 Austin
News 8's Jennifer Borget sat down with the executive director of the Adoption Coalition to find out more about what's changed, and what's to come after five .

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Go wild on Sept. 26: National Wild Horse Adoption Day - Cowboys and Indians

Examiner.com

Go wild on Sept. 26: National Wild Horse Adoption Day
Cowboys and Indians
That's when the first National Wild Horse Adoption Day aims to get 1000 wild horses or burros adopted in a single day. A collaborative effort among .
I-Team: BLM and Wild Horse Advocates Working Together for Adoption DayKLAS-TV
Wild horses up for adoptionPauls Valley Daily Democrat
Gov't paying people to take horsesDVM 360
TheHorse.com -Santa Ynez Valley News -Fox12Idaho
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Utah gets $788K from feds for increasing adoptions - Salt Lake Tribune

Utah gets $788K from feds for increasing adoptions
Salt Lake Tribune
States use the adoption incentive funds they're awarded to enhance programs for abused and neglected children. The department announced on Monday that it .
Texas receives $5 million in incentive money for increasing adoptionsBizjournals.com
Illinois gets funding for increasing adoptionsChicago Tribune
HHS Awards $35 Million to States for Increasing AdoptionsReuters
Deseret News -ModernMedicine -Fox12Idaho -KSWT-TV
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Adoptions from Vietnam may not be recognised, says board - Irish Times

Adoptions from Vietnam may not be recognised, says board
Irish Times
THE ADOPTION Board has warned prospective adoptive parents that any planned foreign adoptions from Vietnam have no special status here and may not be .
FG request interim Vietnam adoption agreementIreland Online

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Draft law promotes adoptions by locals
According to a report prepared by Deputy Minister of Justice Dinh Trung Tung, the biggest difference between the draft law and existing adoption laws is the specific encouragement for domestic adoptions. ...

Domestic Adoptions in Colorado
If you are located in Colorado and looking into adopting a child, I offer my assistance in initiating domestic and international adoptions. When you are adopting a domestic child, there are several options. You may attempt to "Foster to ...

5 years, many adoptions later, Forever Families lives on (News 8 Austin)
After five years of the segment, News 8's Jennifer Borget now have the opportunity to help tell these children's stories in Forever Families...

Independent Domestic Adoptions - Sep 16,2009
Do you have to use an adoption agency to adopt a baby domestically? Is it faster or easier to do an independent adoption using an adoption attorney? How do you go about adopting independently in the US? Our guests for this show are two ...

Parents Needed for Domestic Adoptions
I received a call today from our home study agency asking if we knew anyone interested in a domestic adoption. They have recently had an abundance of birth mothers contacting them looking for adoptive parents. Several due dates fall in ...

Florida's adoption program gets $10 million - MiamiHerald.com

KFGO

Florida's adoption program gets $10 million
MiamiHerald.com
For their efforts, DCF will receive a hefty bonus that can be used to boost next year's adoption program. Each year, the US Department of Health and Human .
Feds give Florida $9.75 million for foster-child adoptionsOrlando Sentinel
Florida gets $10 million from feds for boosting adoption rateTampa Tribune
Florida #1 in Adoptions from Foster CareFirst Coast News
Bismarck Tribune -Wicked Local West Roxbury -Tonic
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Economy hurts wild mustang adoptions (News On 6 Tulsa)
Associated Press - September 20, 2009 7:35 PM ET PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) - Federal officials say that the recession is hurting adoptions of wild mustangs...

Egypt sentences 2 American couples to two-year prison terms, fines in illegal adoptions case (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
CAIRO, Egypt - An Egyptian judge on Thursday convicted two American couples of human trafficking in an illegal adoptions case and sentenced them to two years in prison, in a trial that highlighted bureaucratic entanglements and murky legislation on adopting children in this predominantly Muslim country...

Adoptions of Foster Children Up in Florida and Georgia (WCTV Tallahassee)
Florida is leading the nation in foster child adoptions and their prize is better than a blue ribbon...

Here is an article that the El Paso Times published today about .
The decreased costs for domestic adoptions are a big reason people are choosing that route. Changes in some international adoption rules have made it more difficult to adopt children from countries such as Mexico. ...

Wild mustang adoptions hurt by economy; mustangs removed to . - KFSM

Wild mustang adoptions hurt by economy; mustangs removed to .
KFSM
(AP) EUR Federal officials say that the recession is hurting adoptions of wild mustangs. At a recent adoption event by the Bureau of Land Management, .
Horse and burro adoption to be Sept. 25-26 in Pauls ValleyNewsOK.com
Oklahoma program saddled by lack of horse adoptersNewsOK.com

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Fla. leads nation in foster child adoptions (WTSP-TV Tampa)
Tallahassee, Florida -- Florida is being rewarded handsomely by the federal government -- to the tune of millions of dollars -- for securing the most foster care adoptions compared to other states...

Egypt court jails US couples over illegal adoptions - Reuters

Boston Globe

Egypt court jails US couples over illegal adoptions
Reuters
Islamic law restricts adoption, barring families from giving their name to children they take into their homes. The defendants, in white prison garb, .
Egypt convicts 2 US couples for illegal adoptionThe Associated Press
US couples get jail for illegal Egypt adoptionsAl-Arabiya
Egypt jails US couples over illegal adoptionsTVNZ
AfricaNews -The Associated Press
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US rules delay adoptions - Detroit Free Press

US rules delay adoptions
Detroit Free Press
Marily Nixon and Luca Rigotti thought they had made a benevolent choice when they finalized their adoption of a 4-year-old girl from .

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Georgetown Shelter Stopping Adoptions Due to Dog Flu Outbreak (KEYE TV Austin)
&The Georgetown Animal Shelter is stopping further dog adoptions due to a canine respiratory illness at the shelter...

Ukraine: Elton John too old to adopt | Washington Examiner
Pavlenko said domestic adoptions have increased significantly thanks to government childcare supplements and maternity leave for adoptive families. In 2004, Ukrainian families adopted about 1500 children compared with 2500 adoptions by ...

The Adoption Option: Types of Adoption
Domestic adoptions involve adoption of minors in the US Though they do not involve laws of multiple countries, there is still a broad spectrum of requirements to clear. Rules for domestic adoptions depend on whether the adoption is ...

Agency Adoption vs. Independent Adoption
Each state has its own laws governing domestic adoptions. There are several different types of domestic adoption including: Agency adoption; Independent adoption; Identified adoption; Infant or foster care adoption; Stepparent adoption ...



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