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The adoptive parents of a missing Waimanalo girl were indicted on murder charges Wednesday, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steven Alm said. Lehua Kalua, 44, and Isaac “Sonny” Kalua, 52, were both charged with second-degree murder, hindering prosecution, endangering the welfare of a minor and persistent nonsupport in connection with the death of their adoptive daughter, 6-year-old […]

Jan. 6—A Circuit Court judge denied setting bail Friday for a Waimanalo man accused of murdering his adopted 6-year-old daughter in the summer of 2021. A Circuit Court judge denied setting bail Friday for a Waimanalo man accused of murdering his adopted 6-year-old daughter in the summer of 2021. Isaac "Sonny " Kalua III and his wife, Lehua, have been held without bail at Oahu Community ...

The Waimanalo couple accused of murdering their 6-year-old adopted daughter in 2021 apparently have retained their parental rights over three of the victim’s young sisters.

THE WORLD ORPHANS recognizes the importance of cultural identity, and as such, it promotes kinship care, where orphans are placed with extended...

Analysis and action on state-level legislation impacting adopted people in the United States.

(Bethel, AK) – On Tuesday, 36-year-old Stephanie Olrun entered a guilty plea to the charge of Murder in the Second Degree for the March 12, 2021, murder of her 2-year-old adopted daughter, Jane Olrun. Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters accepted Olrun’s plea to one count of Murder in the Second Degree. The charges of […]

Recently, in an interview with ET, reality TV actress Kim Kardashian-West talked about the third child she will soon be welcoming into her family. After giving birth to a daughter and son with her husband, Kanye West, she wanted to give her children more siblings. But getting pregnant the third time around was more difficult than she expected.

Despite its name, the Always Hope Adoption Agency seemed cursed. One of the operation’s moms-to-be and her prenatal child were shot dead. A surprisingly high number of pregnant women miscarried. Th…

In the age of 'Instagram adoptions', sophisticated con artists are defrauding prospective parents of large sums of money

"It’s like you’re mourning a child you’ve never met."

We run adoption ads and know that it's critical that adopting parents understand states' adoption advertising laws. This article is a great starting point.

Find the most updated list of state laws regarding the use of advertising as a prospective adoptive parent. If you're considering advertising as part of your outreach in an independent adoption this is a must-read.

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — A notorious South Korean facility that kidnapped, abused and enslaved children and the disabled for a generation was also shipping children overseas for adoption, part of a massive profit-seeking enterprise that thrived by exploiting those trapped within its walls, The Asso

Foster parents, tasked with the 24-7 care of often-traumatized children, show up for parent-teacher meetings, ferry their charges to doctor’s appointments, supervise homework and serve up cuddles. Many work closely with struggling biological parents in hopes of an eventual reunion. These days, many foster parents are being asked to do even more, as an increasing […]

Jatoia Potts lost both her children because she couldn’t explain her baby’s injuries. She's still fighting to get them back with her family.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have given biological parents a way to communicate with their children who’ve been adopted.

Unveiling the Shocking Abyss of Adoptee Rights’ Annihilation

A Black couple was sentenced to 35 years in prison for starving their adopted teen to death.

A movement to change the child welfare system asks caseworkers to speak up.

Brandon Marteliz is fighting for custody while the child, who is now almost 2, is with prospective adoptive parents.

The 147-page report, “‘If I Wasn’t Poor, I Wouldn’t Be Unfit’: The Family Separation Crisis in the US Child Welfare System,” documents how conditions of poverty, such as a family’s struggle to pay rent or maintain housing, are misconstrued as neglect, and interpreted as evidence of an inability and lack of fitness to parent. Human Rights Watch and the ACLU found significant racial and socioeconomic disparities in child welfare involvement. Black children are almost twice as likely to experience investigations as white children and more likely to be separated from their families.

More than 3 million U.S. children were involved in an intervention for suspected abuse or neglect in a single year. Advocates say a disproportionate impact on families of color makes reform urgent.

John Snyder and Katherine Snyder will each spend decades in an Ohio prison for killing their 8-year-old adopted son, Adam Snyder, seven years ago.

Lauren, 34, and Jacob Maloberti, 33, a corrections officer at Fayette State Correctional Centre are accused of violently abusing Landon, 5.

In many states, adoption lawyers are pushing a new legal strategy that forces biological parents to compete for custody of their children.

In many states, adoption lawyers are pushing a new legal strategy that forces biological parents to compete for custody of their children.