28 children adopted by Kathy and Dan Blackburn

Incident date: 1996 Jun 6

Child placement type: Adoption

Family size: more than 12

Homeschooling involved: True

Fundamental faith involved: True

28 children, many special needs, adopted by Kathy and Dan Blackburn while they were missionaries in Haiti. Parents divorced after 30 year marriage and both alleged the other parent was guilty of child abuse. Initially Dan was granted custody of the minor children, he lost it after the children were neglected.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Ex-missionary must move, judge rules; Home where woman raised 28 Haitian orphans is sold	2005 May 17
Faith tells woman this home is hers; Hearing Monday could end legal fight	2005 May 15
Son delays sale of house; Man's offer prompts judge to extend bids on home that sheltered 28 Blackburn children.	2005 Apr 20
Home built with hope may be auctioned; Money from sale would be shared between ministerial group and adoptees' mother.	2005 Mar 30
Superior Court to hear objections in Blackburn case	2003 May 9
Ministers' group asks ex-missionary to go; Association wants group for foster kids to move in; mom, 8 kids refuse to leave.	2002 Aug 23
An answer to prayer	2002 Jul 4
Blackburns may be evicted from home	2002 Jun 11
Working hard to catch on; Exposed late to football, Shelbyville's Blackburn has progressed far.	2000 Sep 22
DAD LOSES FIGHT FOR HAITIAN KIDS	1997 Jul 30
HAITIAN KIDS' MOTHER GETS LEGAL CUSTODY	1997 Jul 29
HAITIAN KIDS' PARENTS ANSWER WELFARE RULING SEVERAL OF THE 19 ADOPTED CHILDREN NEED STATE SERVICES, WELFARE OFFICIALS SAY.	1997 Apr 4
HAITIAN KIDS' HOME NOT SAFE, OFFICIALS SAY	1997 Apr 3
ADOPTIVE FATHER OF 19 AWAITS WELFARE CHECKS	1997 Mar 13
HAITIAN KIDS' FATHER AWAITS WELFARE AID	1997 Mar 11
FATHER OF HAITIAN KIDS ORDERED TO QUIT WORK A JUDGE SAYS HE SHOULD GO ON WELFARE TO SUPPORT THE 17 ADOPTEES.	1997 Mar 3
PROBLEMS IN HOME WITH 19 CHILDREN	1997 Feb 22
WOMAN CHARGED WITH THREATS TO HAITIAN ADOPTEES	1996 Dec 5
CHILD ADVOCATE FACES 2 CHARGES	1996 Dec 5
DAD GETS CUSTODY OF 19 HAITIAN KIDS	1996 Jul 5
TESTIMONY SAYS MOM OF 28 IN A CULT	1996 Jun 12
ADVOCATE SAYS 28 KIDS BELONG WITH ADOPTIVE DAD	1996 Jun 11
PARENTS MAY LOSE 25 KIDS	1996 Jun 6
REPORTS SAY MOTHER SHOULDN'T GET CUSTODY OF 28 ADOPTED ORPHANS	1996 May 15
Sex abuse claimed in adoptive family	1996 Apr 10
Deliver us from evil - Reader's Digest article	1995
OFFERS OF HELP POUR IN TO COUPLE WITH 28 ADOPTED HAITIAN CHILDREN	1994 Sep 25
FAMILY PROBLEM: 23 TEENAGERS	1994 Sep 18
Shelbyville Journal; Real Home at Last for a Family of 30	1994 Mar 15
BIG FAMILY WANTS TO MOVE, BUT NEW NEIGHBORS SQUAWK	1993 Feb 2
CHRISTMAS FOR 28 ADOPTED CHILDREN IS MORE GIVING THAN IT IS RECEIVING	1992 Dec 17
27 HAITIAN CHILDREN CELEBRATE YULE PRESENTS: PIECES OF PAPER	1991 Dec 26
Couple Back in U.S. With 28 Haitian Children	1989 Dec 19