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abuse case
The assumption behind child-placement is that the safety and living conditions of a child improve. These cases demonstrate that this assumption is often invalid.
child trafficking case
There is often a fine line between adoption and child trafficking. In many cases this line is being crossed.
coerced adoption case
Adoption is assumed to be the result of a choice made by the parents of the child. These cases demonstrate women are pressured to give up their children.
deportation case
Adoptions before 1997, didn't automatically lead to naturalization. As result, people adopted from outside the outside US that ran into problems with the justice system face deportation to their country of birth.
disrupted placement case
Although the adoptive family is called the "forever family" by the adoption industry, adoptions can end in disruption. These cases demonstrate that the "forever family" is sometimes only temporary
father's rights violation case
Adoption requires the consent of both biological parents. These cases demonstrate that the rights of fathers in adoption cases are being violated.
wrongful medication case
Children in foster care can have serious mental health issues. Too often these children are given large doses of psychotropic medications, just to keep them quiet.
wrongful removal case
The removal of children from their family's should always be a last resort. These cases demonstrate that Child Protective Services sometimes remove children for all the wrong reasons
abuse case
2024 Mar 27

A boy and a girl adopted by Avantae Deven were allegedly tortured by their adoptive mother. In 2019 London disappeared, followed in 2022 by Blake. The remains of London were found in a metal burn barrel in the back of the house. The remains of another human was found there as well. 

abuse case
2024

5 boys adopted by Matthew and Charles Edmonson were adopted within their own family. The adoptive parents were accused of torturing and “cruelly abusing”. One of the boys was also sexually abused by their adoptive father.

abuse case
2023 Nov

Eight out of dozens of children adopted by Joel and Tammy Brown and by  Jerry and Tamal Flore were subjected to prolonged routine and systemic mental and physical abuse under the guise of discipline. The couples conspired to adopt children for financial gain with the particular help of Joel Brown, who was formerly employed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service’s children’s services agency. 

abuse case
2023 Oct 2

A 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl adopted by Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather where locked inside a shed,

abuse case
2023 Jun 7

Two girls adopted by Bryce Conrad Chatland were sexually abused by him.

abuse case
2023 May 3

Six children adopted by Lora Loethen were abused by her.

abuse case
2023 May

14-year-old girl adopted by a family from Surat (India) was raped by her adoptive father, his younger brother, and his three nephew

abuse case
2023 May

Four children were adopted by Tana Perkins Reneau, while she had two children of her own. Of these six children, four claimed both sexual and physical abuse. At least two of the children claiming the abuse had to be adoptees.

Some of the children alleged Reneau forced them to sleep naked in the shower, garage or without blankets or pillows. All four alleged that Reneau forced them to run laps, the court documents state. Reneau allegedly physically abused the children using closed fists and household items, including wooden boards, cords and a shovel, the court records state.

abuse case
2023 Mar 11

4-year-old girl adopted by Ajay and Anjana Bhati was sexually abused by her adoptive father and was strangled by him when she told him she'd tell her adoptive mother.

abuse case
2023 Mar 3

4-year-old girl adopted by Waliul Islam and Sangeeta Dutta from Guwahati India, was tied to a pole. A video of this went viral and led to an intervention by local authorities.