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(Huffington Post) Russian-U.S. relations devolved last week after an American mother sent her 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia, alone, because, as she claimed in a letter she sent with the child, she was “lied to and misled by the Russian orphanage workers and director regarding his mental stability and other issues.” The story has spurred tremendous concern and discussion, in large part over the seeming assumption on the part of the adoptive mother that the boy could be returned to place-of-purchase, like a faulty television set. On a broader scale, though, the drama brings out the very particular anxieties that the people of Russia and the United States feel about International Adoption and forces us to focus, once again, on the confounding issues it raises.

Scott Drake interviews Indiana Adoption law expert Joel Kirsh

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Tennessee woman returns 7-year-old boy, claiming he has mental problems.

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Russian law allows foreign nationals to adopt Russian orphans.But there is a catch: only children with birth defects and incurable medical conditions may be adopted. Adopting Olya is the story of one such Adoption.

Four-year-old Olya has lived in the Children’s Home in Chelyabinsk all her life. She has been diagnosed with a vague “developmental disability.” Olya knows her future American family only from a little photo album.

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2.5 YR JOURNEY TO BRING OUR DAUGHTER HOME

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Russian Adoption

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Photos of our daughter’s 2001 Adoption from Far East Russia.

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Russian law allows foreign nationals to adopt Russian orphans.But there is a catch: only children with birth defects and incurable medical conditions may be adopted. Adopting Olya is the story of one such Adoption.

Four-year-old Olya has lived in the Children’s Home in Chelyabinsk all her life. She has been diagnosed with a vague “developmental disability.” Olya knows her future American family only from a little photo album.

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International Adoption has always been a complicated matter, but lately, it’s gotten even moreso.

The Family Matters team has assembled some links for prospective parents to use, so this kind of thing doesn’t happen to them.

JCICS
http://www.jcics.org

Adoption Institute
http://Adoptioninstitute.org/index.php

Parent’s Support Group
http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=1311

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Jen and Mike’s Russia Adoption Trip One
Come join us on our journey to Adoption:
http://threesons.clubmom.com/

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A combination of our two trips to Russia to bring home our little girl. She was 2 years old at the time

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