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Title Date
Boy adopted by Tara McNeill Palajac 2016 Jan 8
Child adopted by couple from Medina, Ohio 2015 Sep 19
Jenica Randazzo 2015 Feb 5
Hannah Hoag 2014 Mar 24
Madoc Hyunsu O'Callaghan 2014 Feb 3
Girl adopted by Lian 2013 Mar 6
Girl adopted by Terri and Pamela Dennis 2013 Apr 4
Girl adopted by Zhuzhou couple 2013 Dec 10
Girl adopted by a Malaysian couple 2013 Nov 19
Alexis Long 2012 Jan 31
Benjamin Yhip 2012 Apr 18
Girl adopted by Rajesh Sengar and Bebi Sengar 2012 Sep 28
Joseph Maoping Adams 2012 Feb 10
Logan Garrett and his twin sister 2012 Oct 22
Amy Dye 2011 Feb 7
Andrew Arthur Butler 2011 Jun 18
Hana Grace-Rose Williams (Hana Alemu Befekadu) and Immanuel Williams 2011 May 12
Mollie Sliker aka Laurne Clark 2011 Mar 23
Sophie Fitzpatrick 2011 Oct 22
Victor and Nubia Barahona (Doctor) 2011 Feb 14
Collin Parker William Holdgrafer 2010 Jun 12
Joy Yi 2010 Jun 14
Kairissa XingJing Mark 2010 Jul 1
Katya and Lisa adopted by Svetlana Oakley in Luhansk, Ukraine 2010 Dec 1
Larandon Nichols 2010 Jul 11
Lydia and Zariah Schatz 2010 Feb 6
Serenity Julia Gandara 2010 Jul 17
Tristan Dosdall 2010 Mar 24
Alexis 'Lexie' Glover 2009 Jan 7
Christopher Saitta 2009 Jul 20
Colin David Jones 2009 Dec 24
Joshua Pinckney 2009 Feb 13
Justin, Kevin and Kody Pribbernow (McBride/Baden) 2009 Aug 4
Kevin Michael King (D. J. Atkins) 2009 Mar 8
Melody Aranda Velasquez 2009 Jan 9
Nathaniel Michael Craver - (Ivan Skorobogatov) 2009 Aug 19
Samantha and Saraphina Revelus 2009 Mar 28
Shylea Myza Thomas 2009 Apr 22
Chan Yin-tung (Fu Najuan) 2008 Oct 13
Chase Harrison (Dmitry Yakovlev) 2008 Jul 8
Enna Isabel Barreto 2008 May 19
Ethan, Seth, Mira, Eleanor Sueppel 2008 Mar 23
Faith J. Ray (Samantha Foster) 2008 Dec 8
Faith Raeanne Robinson 2008 May 28
Jasmine and Minnet Bowman 2008 Sep 27
Kevin Johnson 2008 Jul 18
Lavender Banks 2008 May 2
Nicolai Emelyantsev 2008 Mar 7
Samuel Hudson (David) and five other adopted children of William and Cynthia Hudson 2008 Dec 9
Chrystal Ramirez (Chrystal Camarillo) 2007 Aug 24
Erika Antoinette Hill 2007 Feb 26
Hei Min Chung (aka Chaeli Kyrie) 2007 Sep 4
Jackson Wingo 2007 Aug 30
Jennifer Pinder 2007 Feb 25
Ryanne E Spohn 2007 Mar 2
Ahmad King (Rawls) 2006 Jan 23
Andrew Burd 2006 Oct 2
Freddi Bergquist, (Erik Ilesov) Adopted Czech boy in Sweden 2006 Jan 8
Jarod "Jerry" Hulsey (Jerry Gribbens) 2006 Apr 3
Keyana Bravo-Hamilton and her sister Jasmine Hamilton 2006 Sep 4
Nicholas Rhea Hoffert and Gary Hoffert (Twins); and Girl adopted by David and Lynn Giddens 2006 Feb 10
Rohit Chakravarthy 2006 Feb 16
Sean Paddock (Sean Ford) 2006 Feb 26
Tammy Herman 2006 Jan 18
Adrianna Maria Romero Cram 2005 Jun 13
Dennis Gene Merryman (Denis Uritsky) 2005 Jan 22
Emma Mei Alvey (Mei Fu Ping) 2005 Oct 19
Heta Nua 2005 Jan 1
Isaac Jonathan Dykstra (Ilya Kargyntsev) 2005 Aug 13
Mitchell Alexander Rivers 2005 Aug 12
Nina Hilt (Viktoria Valeryevna Bazhenova) 2005 Jul 2
Ricky Holland (Ricky Gann) 2005 Jul 1
Ryuya Yoshimura 2005 Dec 9
Serena McKenzy Cate 2005 Jan 3
Tyler DeLeon 2005 Jan 13
Brittany Legler 2004 May 9
Charles Thomas McEntire III (Brandon Berry) 2004 Nov 22
Dreydon Anthony Archuleta (Deleon) 2004 Sep 27
Gustavo Adolpho Hunt 2004 Mar 19
Mia Depaillat 2004 Apr 16
Riley Owen Bilke 2004 Apr 3
Tyler Vanpopering 2004 Apr 11
Alex Pavlis (Alexei Vasilovich Geiko) 2003 Dec 18
Angelic Rose Clary 2003 Sep 14
Ellana Lin 2003 Nov 2
Jessica Albina Hagmann 2003 Aug 11
Kehaulani Niu Sullivan 2003 Feb 21
Liam Thompson (Dmitry Sergeyvich Islankulov) 2003 Oct 13
Anthony Bars 2002 Jan 19
Brian Edgar 2002 Dec 31
Cassandra Killpack (Autumn Blackwell) 2002 Jun 1
Christopher Forder 2002 Nov 22
Esther Scudder 2002 Jun 13
Jeffrey Baldwin and his sister 2002 Nov 30
Lillian Leilani Gill 2002 Mar 1
Maria Anastasia Bennett (Anastasia Plotnikova) 2002 Oct 23
Nathaniel Jacob Allen 2002 Feb 15
Sacha Vallée 2002 Oct 9
Yana and Anatoli Kolenda 2002 Oct 21
Zachary Higier (Nikita Khoryakov) 2002 Aug 15
Alexis Keintz 2001 Feb 17
Jacob Lindorff 2001 Dec 14
Luke Evans (Sergei Nakonechny) 2001 Nov 30
Tiffany Clair 2001 May 3
Alex Charles Boucher 2000 Sep 25
Camryn Morgan 2000 Dec 17
Candace Newmaker (Candace Tiara Elmore) 2000 Apr 18
Casey "C.J." Elgie 2000 Aug 30
Chelsea Mensinger 2000 Sep 15
David and Samuel Briggs (David and Samuel Filipache) 2000 Oct 1
Grace Lee Bogey (Gracielo Cano) 2000 Sep 2
Joseph Beebe 2000 Mar 17
Rachel Joy Thompson 2000 Sep 7
Timothy Boss 2000 Feb 23
Viktor Alexander Matthey (Viktor Sergievich Tulimov) 2000 Oct 31
Breianna Melendez 1999 Oct 5
Dominiqua Bryant 1999 May 29
Hoa Nguyen, aka Christopher Royce Shepherd 1999 Apr 13
John Smith 1999 Dec 24
Shawn Lowrance (Andy Mohler) 1999 Oct 9
Stephanie Collins 1999 Sep 1
Logan Higginbotham (Anne Pochetnoy) 1998 Nov 25
Roberta Evers 1998 Jun 13
Shamir Hudson, born Shamir Goslee 1998 Mar 24
Angel Martin 1997 Nov 16
Christine Montalbano 1997 Oct 21
Cory Bradley McLauchlin 1997 Jul 4
Danielle and Brittany Tucker (Dornan) 1997 Nov 1
Crosby Justin White 1996 Jul 16
David A. Polreis (Konstantin Shlepin) 1996 Feb 9
Krystal Ann Tibbets 1995 Jul 7
Lucas Ciambrone (Pedro Garcia) 1995 May 13
Melissa Wilkins 1995 Aug 16
Holly and Nicole (O'Connor) Cooke 1994 Sep 27
Kameron Lee Bright (Moghaghab) 1994 Apr 2
Kyle Golebieski 1993 Jul 30
TaJuana Davidson 1993 Nov 3
Vicky Dawn Louise Rinkel 1993 Oct 15
Hannah, Noah, Molly and Joshua Carroll 1992 Sep 21
Helen Gillin 1992 Jan 1
Meghan Hawkins-Rusch 1992 Sep 25
Weyland Brown Mitchell 1992 May 20
76+ Children adopted by Diane and Dennis Nason 1991 May 1
Kayla Erlandson 1991 Apr 1
Kimberly Rae Weaver 1991 Feb 14
Rachel Collins 1991 Feb 7
Shaun Williams 1991 Jun 19
Andrea Swenson 1990 Nov 9
Heather Allison Riggs 1988 May 16
James Clemons and Michael Clemons 1988 Oct 30
Elizabeth Lisa Steinberg 1987 Nov 2
Dominick J. (Andrew) Diehl 1986 Oct 29
Maria Catherine Ostlund 1986 Jul 15
Nilanthie Perera 1985 Jan 1
Carlos Beltran 1984 Dec 19
Michael Tinning 1981 Mar 2
Hildred Thomas Gasaway 1979 Sep 1
Danielle Christine Neal and unnamed Neal child 1976 Aug 30
William G. Rohrer III "Billy" (Miguelito Alvarada) 1975 May 28
James W. Bader (Jimmy Jones) 1974 Aug 1
Kim Marie Firth 1972 Sep 15
Dennis Craig Jurgens (Dennis Craig Puckett) 1965 Mar 28
Wendy Kay Ott 1957 Jun 1

Documents

Title Publication date
We Haven’t Done Enough to Increase the Safety of Adoptions 2023 Mar 27