29 Adoptions in Seattle Finalized on National Adoption Day!

Court finalizes 29 adoptions
By PAUL NYHAN
P-I REPORTER
Most parents meet their children in the delivery room, a few even earlier in their dreams, but Kymberli Nelson met her daughter Maci in the emergency room.
Three years ago, a foster care coordinator called Nelson to ask if she would take on the severely malnourished baby girl, though only [...]

Angelina Jolie’s Adoption Was Legal

Angelina Jolie’s adoption of a baby from Ethiopia was “legal” according to the agency that approved it in 2005. Recent news reports said a woman who claimed to be the birth mother of Zahara, two, wanted the child back.
But Dr Tsegaye Berhe, head of the Wide Horizons for Children agency, told the Reuters news agency [...]

Adoption Agency Accused of Negligence

Families who hoped to adopt babies from the Marshall Islands accuse the Utah firm of negligence
By Kirsten Stewart: The Salt Lake Tribune

Nine families who had hoped to adopt Marshallese babies through Legacy International Adoptions are now suing the Utah agency, arguing it lied to them and duped birth mothers into traveling to the United States [...]

Domestic Adoption Podcast

Part One
Part Two
Part Three

From their website:

Our friend Lindsey joins us in the studio to talk about her experiences with the domestic adoption process. Unlike our friend Sarah who adopted internationally, Lindsey and her husband Josh have had to endure (and are still enduring) many different and unexpected hurdles while trying to adopt a baby here [...]