Shortly before McCready’s death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Sunday, the boys were taken away from the singer and placed into foster care while she entered court-ordered rehab. -FoxNews.com
The musician shares a sweet family picture. -By Stephanie Kaplan/TheCelebrityCafe.com
Nebraska Supreme Court reverses the ruling of a lower court stating that the father should have been able to stop the baby's adoption, as he was intentionally misled about the birth of his child. -Associated Press
HB214 aims to let those in unmarried or same-sex relationships adopt a partner’s child. -By Brooke Adams|The Salt Lake Tribune
Blaming requirements they agreed to in the first place, state officials are canceling an $11.5 million federal grant program intended to help find homes for older, hard-to-place foster children. -By Mary K. Reinhart, The Republic | azcentral.com
Adoptee-rights advocates expect legislation to be introduced soon that would change a law that has long banned original birth-certificate access to thousands of Ohioans. -By Rita Price/The Columbus Dispatch
A birth father has been given custody of his nearly 2-year-old daughter in what could be the end of a legal tug-of-war between him and the girl's adoptive parents. -SF Gate
The bitter legal struggle of an American couple to adopt a Korean baby is touching on nationalist and ethnic sensitivities in South Korea. -By Donald Kirk|The Christian Science Monitor
The Obama administration said Friday it was pulling out of a civil society dialogue with Russia to protest the Kremlin's crackdown on dissent and new laws against nongovernmental organizations. -By BRADLEY KLAPPER|Associated Press
Program participants regularly visit schools and work one-on-one with children that have needs. One grandparent can be paired with up to five or six children at a time. -By Han Cheung/Rawlins Daily Times
From foster care to Yale, Rodney Walker pursues his dreams with inspiration from Dr. King's vision.
The number of foreign children adopted by Americans has plunged to its lowest level in more than a decade as some countries have cut back on adoptions to the United States and others have struggled to meet stricter standards intended to combat corruption and child trafficking. -By Rachel L. Swarns/NY Times
Arizona’s largest mental-health contractor is under orders from state health officials to improve services for foster children after an investigation showed kids and families have been shortchanged for the past three years. -By Mary K. Reinhart, The Republic|azcentral.com
A mother and daughter were recently reunited after 36 years of being apart. -By Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo! News/The Lookout
The deal struck at the beginning of they year to avert the fiscal cliff restored the adoption tax credit and made it permanent, which is good news for parents. -By Bonnie Lee/FOXBusiness
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