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  • Orson Mozes pleads guilty, awaits sentencing

    A former Montecito businessman who swindled $800,000 from 59 hopeful parents through his adoption business, pleaded guilty in Superior Court yesterday to 17 felonies and a white-collar crime enhancement.

    Although the man won’t be sentenced until July 14, Senior Deputy District Attorney Paula Waldman said he most likely would be sentenced to three years and four [...]

    Laws & Regulations

    Russia is not party to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption

    Office of Children’s Issues: Russia Country Info

    US Embassy – Russia: Adoptions

    Russian Embassy: Adoption Information

     

    Adoption Notice: Delinquent Post Placement Reports

    From the Office of Children’s Issues:
    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
    Bureau of Consular Affairs
    Office of Children’s Issues

    March 19, 2009
    Notice for Adoption Agencies and Home Study Providers Listed by the Russian Ministry of Education as Delinquent in Providing Adoption Post Placement Reports

    The Russian Ministry of Education has advised the U.S. Embassy in Moscow about the procedures that Adoption [...]