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Abuse cases

Title Date
Children adopted by Joel and Tammy Brown and by Jerry and Tamal Flore 2023 Nov
Meelah Miller 2022 Sep 10
Boy adopted by Matthew and Sarah Stephens 2022 Nov
Girl adopted by Joel Koskan 2022 May
Girl adopted by Wilma Edwards 2022 Aug
Aaron Carter 2021 Feb 16
Josie Ann Abney 2020 Oct
Twins adopted by Mark and Melissa McGregor 2019 Jul 8
Two children adopted by Patrick and Angel Henderson 2019 Jan 19
Girl adopted by Jessica Jo Lindberg 2019
Three children adopted by Donald and Sharon Windey 2018 Feb 12
Three children adopted by Travis and Amy Headrick 2018 Aug 24
Two children adopted by Kenny and Kelly Fry 2018 Jan 30
Four children adopted by Daryl Head and Laura Cheatham 2018 Aug
Girl adopted by Keith and Katie Krause 2018 Sep
Two boys adopted by Blaine and Donella Busker 2018 Aug
Children adopted by John and Joyce Bell 2017 Jul 27
Girl adopted by Alan and Aimee Friz 2017 Oct 4
Sabrina Ray 2017 May 12
Rachel Johnson 2017 Jan
Two girls adopted by Mary Heller 2017 Jan
Boy adopted by Brandon and Melissa Hoffman 2017
Adam Snyder 2016 Sep 1
Children adopted by Christian and Suzanne Seagren 2016 Aug 21
Natalie Finn 2016 Oct 24
Three children adopted by Jim and Paige Nachtigal 2016 Feb 16
10 children adopted by Jonathan and Allison Schumm 2015 Nov 19
Boy adopted by Eric and Angela Corcoran 2015 Mar 16
Child adopted by couple from Medina, Ohio 2015 Sep 19
Seth Johnson 2015 Mar 30
Camron Foster 2015
Malayia Knapp 2015
3 children adopted by David and Rejeana Moss 2014 Sep 12
Boy adopted by Mark and Ruthann Gneiser 2014 Sep 25
Boy adopted by Timothy and Karen Sue Tolin 2014 Oct 20
Girl adopted by Douglas and Kim Sherman 2014 Sep 11
Girl adopted by couple from Jackson County, Michigan 2014 Jan 1
Girl adopted by couple from Sedgwick County, Kansas 2014 Mar 28
Girl adopted by couple from Wichita, Ka 2014 Mar 1
Hannah Hoag 2014 Mar 24
Seven children adopted by Owen Miller 2014 Aug 19
Boy adopted by John A. Kelley 2013 Dec 16
Boy adopted by Lee M Rager and Diana J. Haley 2013 Jul 22
Children adopted by Damien and Allonna Stovall 2013 Mar 21
Children adopted by Janelle Gertsch 2013 May 1
Five children adopted Bernie and Melissa Harmon 2013 Aug 1
Girl adopted by man from Blackman Township, MI 2013 Aug 15
Three children adopted by Phillip and Kimberly Loesch 2013 Jul 15
Boy adopted by Mona and Russell Hauer 2012 Nov 6
Children adopted by Jean Paul Kruse and Emily Kruse 2012 Aug 1
Children adopted by Nikki and Larry Russell 2012 Nov 27
Children adopted by Paul and JoAnn Drake 2012 Nov 8
Girl adopted by Paul Lavoe 2012 Apr 16
Girls adopted by Tiffany and Dennis Jack 2012 Nov 19
3 children adopted by John and Sonja Kluth 2011 Feb 23
4 children adopted by Shanda Lou Yenglin 2011 Feb 27
Boy adopted by Joe Hunt 2011 Sep 9
Child adopted by John Hintz 2011 Mar 22
Children adopted by Kenneth H. Brandt 2011 Mar 1
Frank and Catherine Voegtlin 2011 Sep 22
Girl adopted by Anne Marie Hinrichs 2011 Feb 18
Six children adopted by Martin and Kathleen O'Brien 2011 Aug 3
Two girls adopted by John and Roseanne Kincheloe 2011 Jan 4
Children in care of Sharon Wilkerson 2010 Oct 1
Collin Parker William Holdgrafer 2010 Jun 12
Girl adopted by Jon Paul Reid 2010 Aug 10
10 children adopted by Sharon and Reed Leonard 2009 Sep 1
Boys adopted by/in foster care with Gregg Larsen 2009 Jul 1
Girl adopted David and Jan Carpenter 2009 Oct 15
Justin, Kevin and Kody Pribbernow (McBride/Baden) 2009 Aug 4
Shylea Myza Thomas 2009 Apr 22
3 girls adopted by Charles Sparks 2008 Apr 28
Children adopted by Paul and Paula Dunham 2008 Nov 1
Ethan, Seth, Mira, Eleanor Sueppel 2008 Mar 23
Girl adopted by Gerald Dale and Hope Snapp 2008 Jan 10
Girl adopted by Kenneth Lee Ashcraft 2008 Jul 8
Hannah Rose WenRong Sieferman and Linnea Kai Sieferman 2008 Aug 21
Kevin Johnson 2008 Jul 18
Six children adopted in Lapeer County Michigan 2008 Mar 31
Boy adopted by Raymond and Lisa Sangraw 2007 Feb 17
Children adopted by Mechelle and Bessie Saffold 2007 Feb 28
Erika Antoinette Hill 2007 Feb 26
Girl adopted by Christopher and Eva Pitzer 2007 Apr 1
Girl adopted by Kathryn and Kenneth Kreier 2007 Sep 1
Girl adopted by Stephen and Kathy Rhoten 2007 Dec 7
Hei Min Chung (aka Chaeli Kyrie) 2007 Sep 4
Tyler Addington 2007 Sep 11
Chloe Howey 2007
Angellika Arndt 2006 May 26
Children adopted by James and Vonda Ferguson 2006 Aug 15
Nicholas Rhea Hoffert and Gary Hoffert (Twins); and Girl adopted by David and Lynn Giddens 2006 Feb 10
Twin girls adopted by Tamika Williams 2006 Nov 22
11 Children adopted by Michael and Sharen Gravelle 2005 Sep 1
Children adopted by Teresa and Jay Moody 2005 Jan 1
Girl in care of David Kinghorn 2005 Oct 26
Girls adopted by Gary McCoy 2005 Apr 4
Isaac Jonathan Dykstra (Ilya Kargyntsev) 2005 Aug 13
Kaitlyn Brosch 2005 Oct 28
Martha in custody of Milwaukee couple 2005 Aug 7
Ricky Holland (Ricky Gann) 2005 Jul 1
Swarbrick siblings 2005 Jan 1
Tyler Sullivan 2005 Mar 8
18 Children in care of Tom and Debra Schmitz 2004 Jun 30
Boy adopted by Peter and Deedra Mitchell 2004 Sep 4
Gustavo Adolpho Hunt 2004 Mar 19
Riley Owen Bilke 2004 Apr 3
Tyler Vanpopering 2004 Apr 11
13+ Children in care of Diana Lynn Groves 2003 Nov 1
Alex Pavlis (Alexei Vasilovich Geiko) 2003 Dec 18
Boy adopted by Michael and Pat Awada 2003 May 3
Children adopted by Scott Francis 2003 Aug 26
Girl adopted by David and Holly Meyers 2003 Jan 1
Girl adopted by Wanda and Bobbie Holmes 2003 Aug 1
Liam Thompson (Dmitry Sergeyvich Islankulov) 2003 Oct 13
Girl adopted by Earl and Tammy Steidl 2003 Jun
Amber King 2002 Jan 1
Anthony Bars 2002 Jan 19
Brian Edgar 2002 Dec 31
Esther Scudder 2002 Jun 13
Kelsey Hyre 2002 Sep 26
Maria Anastasia Bennett (Anastasia Plotnikova) 2002 Oct 23
Alexis Keintz 2001 Feb 17
Cameron VanHyning 2001 Jun 23
Children adopted by a St Francis couple 2001 Mar 27
Luke Evans (Sergei Nakonechny) 2001 Nov 30
Pridine Fru 2000 Feb 24
Timothy Boss 2000 Feb 23
Adam Herrman (Irvin Groeninger III) 1999 Jan 1
Children adopted by Emily Miller 1999 Nov 2
Girl adopted by David Karl and Jennifer Danser 1999 Mar 1
Milena Slatten 1999 Jan 1
Stephanie Collins 1999 Sep 1
Elsa Garcia aka Esther Alice Combs 1998 Jan 1
Girl adopted by Earl "Butch" Kimmerling and Saundra Kimmerling 1998 May 1
Girl adopted by Richard Cook 1998 Apr 1
Angel Martin 1997 Nov 16
Danielle and Brittany Tucker (Dornan) 1997 Nov 1
28 children adopted by Kathy and Dan Blackburn 1996 Jun 6
Holly and Nicole (O'Connor) Cooke 1994 Sep 27
Jessica Li McClure 1993 Aug 17
Hannah, Noah, Molly and Joshua Carroll 1992 Sep 21
Children adopted by Kodzo Dobosu (aka Kojo Odo) 1991 Oct 22
Rachel Collins 1991 Feb 7
Girl adopted by Missouri couple 1990 Oct 1
Carmina Salcido (Cecelia Swindell) 1989 Jan 1
Jennifer Haynes 1989 Nov 1
Kelly Pope 1988 Jan 1
Maria Catherine Ostlund 1986 Jul 15
Boy adopted by Mary Lou and Bernard Bauer 1985 Jan 1
"Infant Charlie" 1983 Jan 1
Alonso Richard Munson 1983 Nov 1
Danielle Christine Neal and unnamed Neal child 1976 Aug 30
Dennis Craig Jurgens (Dennis Craig Puckett) 1965 Mar 28

Child trafficking cases

Title Date
Liberia - West African Children Support Network case 2008 Nov 1
Guatemala - Esther Sulamita daughter of Ana Escobar case 2007 Mar 26
Guatemala - Arlene Escarleth (aka Cindy) daughter of Olga Lopez case 2006 Sep 27
Guatemala - Heidy or Heidi Saraí Batz (aka Kimberly), daughter of Raquel Par case 2006 Apr 6
India - Subash (aka Ashraf) son of Sivagama and Nageshwar Rao case 1999 Feb 8
Guatemala - Ricardo Borz (Osmin Ricardo Tobar Ramirez) and Jeffrey (Jeffrey Rainiery Arias Ramírez) 1997 Aug 6
El Salvador - Imelda Lopez Lainez (Gina Marie Craig) case 1994 Jun 15

Coerced adoption cases

Title Date
Carri Stearns case 2014 Mar 31
Evelyn Bennett 2006 Sep 12
Baby Tamia 2005 Jan 6

Deportation cases

Title Date
Pattrick Henderson 2013 Sep 17
Jennifer Haynes - deportation case 2009 Jan 15
Dan Heiskala 2004 Feb 19
Sandra Orantes-Cruz 2003 Sep 10
Marisa Carlson 2001 Apr 2
Joao Herbert 1999 Apr 5
Adam Carrigan 1997 May 11

Disrupted placement cases

Title Date
Ellie Gertz 2010 Jul 8
Children sent to Nicole and Calvin Eason 2009 Jan 1
Anna Barnes 2008 Sep 1
Quita Puchalla (Quita Davis) 2008 Oct 4
8 year old California girl 2007 Jan 1
Tarikuwa Lemma 2007 Mar 1
Boy adopted by Glenna Mueller 2006 Jul 1
Viktor Perdue 2005 Oct 5
Sasha Bignell from Ukraine 2003 Apr 1
Boy from Mali in care of Cheryl Carter-Shotts 2000 Jan 1
Rocio Wolverton 1999 Jan 1

Father's rights violation cases

Title Date
John McCaul (Sonya McCaul case) 2012 May 1
Benjamin Wyrembek 2007 Nov 4

Wrongful removal cases

Title Date
Leo Ratte 2008 Apr 5
Encarnación Bail Romero 2007 May 22

Documents

Title Publication date
A South Dakota candidate is facing child abuse charges. What happens to his $12K in campaign funds? 2022 Nov 7
Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Schemes to Procure Adoptions from Uganda and Poland through Bribery and Fraud 2021 Nov 17
For 15 years he was just Uncle John, until she learned he was a serial killer who had murdered her mother 2019 Oct 2
In wake of Sabrina Ray and Natalie Finn deaths, Iowa vows to fix its broken adoption and foster care system 2017 Dec 26
Editorial: How did Sabrina and Natalie slip through Iowa's safety net? 2017 Jun 10
Sabrina Ray's parents can keep adoption payments even if they're convicted of abuse. Here's why: 2017 Jun 3
How do we let kids starve to death in Iowa, where food is our identity? 2017 Jun 1
'Timing was right,' Iowa Human Services chief says of retirement after teens' deaths 2017 May 31
'Heartbroken' Iowa agency asks experts how to prevent child deaths 2017 May 20
Are abusive parents hiding behind Iowa's home-school laws? 2017 Jan 21
She was Minnesota’s last survivor of orphan trains: Abused and never adopted, she lived 101 years to tell her story 2016 May 25
With no state oversight for homeschooling, quality of education in Schumm home questioned 2015 Nov 30
Extreme Tough Love 2014 Mar 7
New Anti-Choice Strategy: Make it Super Easy to Adopt Children, Ignore Consequences 2013 Oct 9
Bill to deny adoptions on religious or moral beliefs debated in state House committee 2013 Sep 12
Orphaned in Russia, brought to America, and then abandoned time and again 2013 Sep 11
Woman challenges grandson's adoption 2013 Sep 4
Indiana Supreme Court nullifies adoption of twins 2013 Aug 18
Man at center of 1964 kidnap mixup finds clues to his identity 2013 Aug 8
Judge ends parents' rights in MN starved boy case 2013 Apr 18
Online adoption: Avoiding a web of lies 2012 Dec 19
Big family's issues escape scrutiny 2012 Feb 10
State left girl's dad out of loop 2011 Jun 13
Mother pleads guilty in death of son 2011 Apr 15
Bills Could Streamline Adoption Process For Foster Care Children 2011 Mar 25
Wymore man arrested for child abuse 2011 Mar 22
Waterford mom had history of assaulting her children, records show 2011 Mar 2
'A tragic story': Mom tried to kill kids with carbon monoxide, police say 2011 Mar 2
Suicidal Waterford mom tried to kill her 4 kids with drugged milkshakes, carbon monoxide 2011 Mar 1
Woman accused of child abuse has charge amended 2011 Feb 25
Man works as detective to find relatives of Foster Care teenagers 2010 Jan 30
Licking County Foster Mom Arrested For Alleged Sexual Battery 2009 Dec 9
Fatal Care: Deadly mistakes doom children 2009 Oct 4
Ex-educator pushed adoption 2009 Sep 3
Toddler's legacy is review of Missouri's foster care system 2009 Jun 24
Bringing Up Baby in the Big House 2009 May 14
Family Court judge in St. Louis conducts 48 adoptions in one day 2009 May 3
Neb. board opposes plan to privatize foster care 2009 May 1
Too many children are unnecessarily placed in foster care 2009 Apr 13
'She didn't look like this when she went into foster care' 2009 Mar 22
Inspections of child care centers in dispute 2009 Mar 17
Pauquette Adoption Services Staff 03/09 2009 Mar 9
10-year-old's dark side frightens mother 2009 Mar 8
Report: Michigan relies too much on foster care 2009 Feb 18
Neb. Court to Decide on Foster Care Inspections 2009 Feb 1
Bill aims to simplify, speed up interstate adoptions 2009 Jan 22
Bias alleged in state foster care 2009 Jan 20
Birth parents' battle: Custody dispute is costly in money and emotion 2009 Jan 16
She was adopted, assaulted & deported 2009 Jan 15
Study looks at how mental health care affects outcomes for foster children 2009 Jan 13
Mom gets $6,500 in adoption suit 2009 Jan 9
What happened to Adam? 2009 Jan 5
Abuse Cannot Be Tollerated 2008 Dec 27
Many abused kids die while on govt. watch 2008 Dec 22
Mom who took son to Nebraska in court today 2008 Dec 12
Nebraska tightens 'safe haven' age limit 2008 Nov 21
Obama Insurance Mandate For Parents Exciting Faith Based Adoption Agencies 2008 Nov 12
Mom who left child in Nebraska returns, faces neglect allegation 2008 Oct 17
Reforms coming to state foster care system 2008 Oct 7
9 Children Abandoned Under New Nebraska Safe Haven Law 2008 Sep 25
Audit: State let hundreds of criminals provide child care 2008 Jul 22
With friends like these, who wants ovaries? 2008 Apr 16
Case reveals course of troubled child 2008 Mar 30
Adoption decisions questioned 2008 Feb 28
Tangled adoption suit heads to trial 2007 Oct 30
Man Charged In Baby's Death Considered Adoption 2007 Oct 4
Milena’s mentor stays on the case 2007 Feb 2
Holiday magic just beginning for Kelsey Minick 2006 Nov 23
Preying on Parents 2005 Oct 1
Complaints from foreign adopters 2005 May 21
Man gets 28 years for child beating 2002 Jul 13
Van Hyning pleads guilty in infant beating 2002 May 10
Plea hearing set in child-beating case 2002 May 7
Man asks for jury in child beating case 2001 Aug 2
Clinton police officer's actions questioned 2001 Jul 20
ADOPTIVE DAD GRILLED ON LINK TO SMUGGLING 2000 Feb 10
Easter House v Thomas Felder : 910 F.2d 1387 1990 Aug 14
Easter House v Thomas Felder : 879 F.2d 1458 1989 Aug 4
Easter House v Thomas Felder : 852 F.2d 901 1988 Jul 8
127 years ago 1882 Feb 8
Guilty until proven innocent: Parents accused of child abuse by DCFS fight to clear their names
Adoption World Inc. Licence
Two couples fight for right to claim child as their own
Counties kept in dark about alleged abuses at foster-care agency
Children are happy gifts
Adopted girl says new 'mom' slept naked with her
Affordable housing key to easing poverty
Michigan parents abandon 13-year-old under Nebraska safe haven law
22nd child abandoned at Neb. hospital under law
Neb. parents rush to leave kids before law changes
14-year-old Iowa girl abandoned under Nebraska law
12 Year Old Boy Dropped Off In Lincoln Under Safe Haven Law

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