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With DNA Testing, Suddenly They Are Family
From The New York Times: Growing up, Khrys Vaughan always believed that she had inherited her looks and mannerisms from her father, and that her appreciation for tradition and old-fashioned gentility stemmed from her parents’ Southern roots. But those facets of her self-image crumbled when she was told, at age 42, that she had been [...]
Adoption and the DNA Family Search
From The New York Times: Many (although far from all) adult adoptees are frustrated by their lack of access to their biological past. The relative openness of adoption records varies from state to state and from year to year, and while many adult adoptees have searched for and found birth relatives, their legal right to [...]
Utah adoption bill aims to give unwed fathers more protections
From The Salt Lake Tribune: A state lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at preventing an unmarried woman from coming to Utah to give birth and pursue adoption without informing the biological father of her plan, a problem highlighted in a Friday Utah Supreme Court ruling involving an unmarried Colorado father. House Bill 308, sponsored [...]
Colorado father fights for custody of daughter adopted in Utah
From Fox 31 Denver: Robert Manzanares has only seen his daughter one time in four years, because the child’s birthmother decided to allow the baby to be adopted by her brother and sister-in-law in Utah. “When I learned she was planning to let our baby be adopted, I signed the Colorado un-wed dad Registry,” said [...]
South Carolina: Supreme Court to hear adoption challenge case
From The Charlotte Observer: The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a 2-year-old girl whose adoptive parents had to turn her over to her biological father on New Year’s Eve. The (Charleston) Post and Courier reported (http://bit.ly/zf38xt) that Matt and Melanie Capobianca turned over the girl to her biological father, [...]
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