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Abuse cases

Title Date
Blake and London Deven 2024 Mar 27
Children adopted by Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather 2023 Oct 2
Skyler Wilson 2023 Jan 6
Boy adopted by Kenneth and Kimberly Deaton 2022 Jan 13
Boy adopted by Reed and Georgianna Karriker 2022 Jan 21
Brogan Duhon 2022 Oct 17
Lucas Birchim 2022 Apr 1
Boy adopted by Timothy and Tracy Ferriter 2022 Jan
Boys adopted by William Dale Zulock and Zachary Jacoby Zulock 2022 Aug
Children in care of Robert and Sheri Leason 2022 Nov
Girl adopted by Bartley and Kala Blakely 2021 Jan 21
Three children adopted by Joseph and Jennifer Wolfthal 2021 Jan 1
Victoria Smith 2021 Jan 14
Children adopted by Michael Anthony Sr. and Shirley Gray 2020 May 22
Children adopted by Tommy and Patricia Hyler 2020 May 8
Jonathan Lamber 2020 Sep 9
Girls adopted by Ronald and Ty Stinespring 2019 Mar 1
Two children adopted by Samuel and Brandi Hollie 2019 Jun 14
Kaileigh, Lia, Bo and Meigan Collier 2018 Oct 15
Olivia Farrell 2018 Jun 23
Four children adopted by Richard and Martha Roesch 2017 Mar 22
Michael and Olivia Rivera 2017 Nov
Girl adopted by Eugenio and Victoria Erquiaga 2016 Jan 6
Boy adopted by Richard and Cynthia Kelly 2016 Nov
Children in care of Daniel and Jenise Spurgeon 2016 Jul
Samantha Killary 2016
Jenica Randazzo 2015 Feb 5
Three children adopted by Jacqueline Ferguson 2015 Mar 23
Boy adopted by Christine Evelyn Baughman 2014 Nov 22
Boy adopted by Melvin and Kenya Bloomingburg 2014 Jul 3
Girl adopted by Justin and Marsha Harris 2014 Apr 4
Three children adopted by Charles and Suzan Sealock 2014 Sep 7
Two children adopted by Allison Fowler 2014 Oct 6
2 children adopted by Erin and Jennifer Pickel 2013 Jun 14
Boy adopted by Rachel Tipton and her husband 2013 Jul 12
Children adopted by Donald and Linda Hannah 2013 Feb 14
Children adopted by Lev Dzyuba and his wife 2013 Aug 15
Children in care of Wanda Sue Larson and Dorian Harper 2013 Nov 18
Erica Parson 2013 Jul 30
Girl adopted by Terri and Pamela Dennis 2013 Apr 4
4 children adopted by Richard and Cheryle Burton 2012 Nov 3
Alexis Long 2012 Jan 31
Boy adopted by Matthew and Amy Sweeney (Daniil Krichun) 2012 Jul 19
Boys adopted by Leslie Tiesler and Brad Thill 2012 May 1
Girl adopted by Dorothea Vega 2012 Nov 2
Girl adopted by Jonathan Outlaw 2012 Aug 13
Girl adopted by Samuel and Diana Franklin 2012 May 30
Girl adopted by Silver Springs Shores couple 2012 Nov 15
Girls adopted by Hickory Hill couple 2012 Oct 19
Girls adopted by Tiffany and Dennis Jack 2012 Nov 19
Joseph Maoping Adams 2012 Feb 10
Amy Dye 2011 Feb 7
Andrew Arthur Butler 2011 Jun 18
Boy adopted by Deidra Harris 2011 Feb 15
Boy adopted by Ronald and Tammy White 2011 Jul 14
Boys adopted by William Fox 2011 Mar 21
Children adopted by Elisha and Cheryl Christopher 2011 Jul 22
Children in care of John Michael McGuigan 2011 May 13
Girls adopted by Verna Kennerson 2011 Jul 6
Victor and Nubia Barahona (Doctor) 2011 Feb 14
Adam Stein 2010 Mar 19
Boy adopted by Steven and Mikelann Renwick 2010 Aug 18
Boy adopted by Walter and Beverly Watts 2010 Jun 27
Children adopted by Dwayne and Pamela Hardy 2010 Aug 12
Girl adopted by Jon Paul Reid 2010 Aug 10
Girl adopted by Renee and Scott Dean 2010 Oct 28
Joy Yi 2010 Jun 14
Kairissa XingJing Mark 2010 Jul 1
Xenia - girl adopted by Mary and Michael Grismore 2010 Jan 1
Alexis 'Lexie' Glover 2009 Jan 7
Boy adopted by Frank M. Lombard and Kenneth Shipp 2009 Jun 24
Boy adopted by Tai-Ling Gigliotti 2009 Feb 11
Colin David Jones 2009 Dec 24
Danielle Ellington 2009 Jun 5
Girls adopted by Stephen L. and Melina Ann McPherson 2009 Jan 27
Joshua Pinckney 2009 Feb 13
Boy adopted by Scott Legrand 2008 Feb 8
Chase Harrison (Dmitry Yakovlev) 2008 Jul 8
Children adopted by Brian Kloosterman and Stephanie Schreiner 2008 May 9
Children adopted by Earnest and Windie Perry 2008 Jul 10
Children adopted by Juan and Myra Rodriguez 2008 Jun 8
Children adopted by Shelley Blair 2008 Oct 23
Children adopted by Shirley Allen 2008 May 28
Children residing at Tampa Bay Academy 2008 Dec 17
Enna Isabel Barreto 2008 May 19
Faith J. Ray (Samantha Foster) 2008 Dec 8
Faith Raeanne Robinson 2008 May 28
Boy adopted by Paul and Debbie Salvetti 2007 Jan 1
Children adopted by Jerry Wayne Love 2007 Jul 9
Children adopted by Judith Leekin 2007 Jul 30
Girl adopted by James Spellman and Delois Spellman 2007 Jan 1
Girls adopted by John and Alicia Bryan 2007 Sep 5
Girls adopted by Patricia Harris 2007 Aug 17
Phoebe and Joseph Dinkler 2007 Aug 9
Ryanne E Spohn 2007 Mar 2
Ahmad King (Rawls) 2006 Jan 23
Boys adopted by Dennis Scott McCurry and Molly McCurry (birth name West) 2006 Jul 1
Children adopted by John William and Connie Lucile Oliver 2006 Sep 23
Girl adopted by Edward Walter Smith 2006 Jan 1
Girls in care of Mercedes Farquharson 2006 Mar 13
Janie Tylski 2006 Apr 21
Sean Paddock (Sean Ford) 2006 Feb 26
Children adopted by John and Linda Dollar 2005 Jan 21
Emma Mei Alvey (Mei Fu Ping) 2005 Oct 19
Girl in care of David Kinghorn 2005 Oct 26
Mitchell Alexander Rivers 2005 Aug 12
Nina Hilt (Viktoria Valeryevna Bazhenova) 2005 Jul 2
Serena McKenzy Cate 2005 Jan 3
18 Children in care of Tom and Debra Schmitz 2004 Jun 30
Girl adopted by Aaron and Linda Mann 2004 Aug 3
Marianna Matthews 2004 Nov 11
Mia Depaillat 2004 Apr 16
21 Girls adopted by John and Marian DiMaria 2003 Feb 1
Jessica Albina Hagmann 2003 Aug 11
20 children adopted by Nellie Jasper Johnson 2001 Sep 1
Daughters of Pastor in Ocala, Fl 2001 Jan 11
Girl in guardianship of James Matthew McDaniel-Webb 2001 Nov 1
Steven Bennett 2001 Mar 7
15 children placed with Bill and Debbie Rettew 2000 Jun 1
Alex Charles Boucher 2000 Sep 25
Candace Newmaker (Candace Tiara Elmore) 2000 Apr 18
Children adopted by Charles and Marjorie Moss 2000 May 11
Dominiqua Bryant 1999 May 29
Stephanie Collins 1999 Sep 1
Elsa Garcia aka Esther Alice Combs 1998 Jan 1
Girls adopted by Michael A. Paulin and wife 1998 Jan 1
Melissa Crossland 1998 Jan 1
Cory Bradley McLauchlin 1997 Jul 4
Lucas Ciambrone (Pedro Garcia) 1995 May 13
Melissa Wilkins 1995 Aug 16
Girls adopted by George Ogle 1993 Jan 1
Shaun Williams 1991 Jun 19
Jennifer Haynes 1989 Nov 1
Children adopted by Harold Johnson and Sherry Johnson 1988 Oct 21
Heather Allison Riggs 1988 May 16
Boys adopted by David Allen Lindsey Sr. 1987 Jun 6
Dominick J. (Andrew) Diehl 1986 Oct 29
Boy adopted by Jay Ram aka Gary Winnick aka Jay Mizraha 1985 Jan 1
Girl adopted by Laurence Jacobsen 1983 Nov 5
Jackie Zudis (Thi My Lan Nguyen) 1977 Jan 1
Dennis Craig Jurgens (Dennis Craig Puckett) 1965 Mar 28

Child trafficking cases

Title Date
Marshall Islands - Paul Peterson case 2019
Guatemala - Maria Fernanda and Ana Christina Alvarado case 2006 Aug 1
Guatemala / Costa Rica - International Adoption Resource (FL) and Rolf Levy case 2003 Dec 12
India - Bhagya and Manjula case 1998 Nov 1
El Salvador - Attorney Roberto Parada and his wife Ilkea case 1987 Dec 1

Coerced adoption cases

Title Date
Darcy Akers Ball 1997 Sep 1
Jessica Hannah Bowman 1997 Sep 1
David and Heather Vogels 1991 Feb 18
Winnie Faye Higginbotham Yarber (now Winnie Faye Whitaker) 1952 Jan 20

Deportation cases

Title Date
Mark Lyttle 2009 Apr 29
Noe Wilson 2009 Jan 12
Ernesto Schwartz 2005 Jan 9
Julius Schombs 2004 Jan 3
Mary Anne Gehris 2001 Feb 10
John Gaul III 1998 Jul 19

Disrupted placement cases

Title Date
Artem Justin Hansen (Artyom Saveliev) 2010 Apr 8
Boy adopted by Tom and Misty Mealey 2009 Jul 5
D. adopted by Anita Tedaldi (aka Anita Doberman) 2009 Aug 26
Isaiah Allison 2009 Jan 1
Boy adopted through Ukrainian angels 2008 Jan 1
8 year old California girl 2007 Jan 1
Dmitri Stewart 2007 Mar 1
Boy adopted from Russia 2005
Nora Gateley 2001 Jan 1
Samantha - girl adopted by Crystal and Jesse Money 2000 Feb 1

Father's rights violation cases

Title Date
Jeremy Simmons (baby Deseray case) 2013 May 1
John McCaul (Sonya McCaul case) 2012 May 1
Dusten Brown (baby Veronica case) 2009 Sep 15
John Wyatt (baby Emma case) 2009 Feb 20
Ramsey Shaud 2009 Dec 16
Jeremiah Clayton Jones 2006 Mar 19
Rashad Head 2006 Jul 1
Frank Osborne 2002 Jan 4
Christopher Vietri (Baby Sam case) 1996 Apr 10
William Jardina 1993 Jul 24

Wrongful medication cases

Title Date
Gabriel Myers 2009 Apr 16
Denis Manuel Maltez 2007 May 23
Psychotropic drug cases Florida 2003 Jul 1
Overmedication cases Georgia 1989 Jan 1

Wrongful removal cases

Title Date
Cirila Baltazar Cruz 2008 Nov 8

Documents

Title Publication date
Defense considers challenge after learning Judge in Blakely trial wasn’t active bar member 2022 Aug 31
'System failed' 3-year-old Simpsonville girl who died in abuse case, family member says 2021 Jan 26
Adopted girl says mother forced her to dig her own grave 2013 Sep 9
Trafficking Native Children: The Seamy Underbelly of U.S. Adoption Industry 2013 Aug 27
Supreme Court says Native American child doesn’t have to be given to biological father 2013 Jun 25
Gestational surrogacy a bad recipe for Louisiana 2013 May 31
Family allowed to adopt 3 kids despite sexual assault history in home 2013 May 14
Rilya Wilson did not die in vain [opinion] 2012 Dec 7
A decade after little girl vanished, Rilya Wilson’s foster mom faces trial 2012 Nov 24
Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler 2012 Jan 8
DCF head outlines changes to safeguard children 2011 Aug 2
New Records Released in Case of Foster Parent Licensed Despite Abusive Past 2011 Jun 7
Déjà vu over child deaths in Florida 2011 Mar 26
Who remembers the ghosts of abused kids? 2011 Feb 26
Perjury defendant remains in jail 2010 Dec 1
Whose Standards? 2010 Nov 1
Shuttered 2010 Nov 1
International Adoption: Two Way Street 2010 Nov 1
Kentucky sex offender report 2010 Sep 30
Adopted Russian child killed in USA 2010 Jun 18
Foster care agencies, DCF battle over injuries 2010 May 28
Nonprofit adoption agencies often profit someone other than children, families 2010 Apr 26
Foster care frought with private abuses, public excuses 2010 Apr 18
Agencies seek more parents for adoptions 2010 Jan 9
NRA: Don't let adoption agencies ask about guns in homes 2009 Nov 5
Concerns arise over children adopted during Lejeune water contamination 2009 Oct 18
Lawmakers pledge action on psychiatric drugs in foster care 2009 Oct 8
Arkansas DHS & foster care system abusing and neglecting children of Albert & Miriam Krantz 2009 Aug 31
DCF Report rips way kids get meds 2009 Aug 17
Advocates question whether foster kids should be placed close to home 2009 Aug 9
Children of the Recession: Economy Sending Children Into Foster Care 2009 Jul 27
Florida Shifts Child-Welfare System’s Focus to Saving Families 2009 Jul 25
Mom accused of offering same baby for different adoptions 2009 Jul 15
Duke U. Official Caught in Alleged Child Sex Sting 2009 Jun 27
Children's Services workers looted foster kids' accounts 2009 Jun 18
Exiting foster care can be a bumpy road 2009 Jun 14
Children in foster care taking psychotropic drugs higher than originally thought. 2009 Jun 5
Study: 13.19% of Florida foster kids take psychiatric drugs 2009 May 28
7-year-old’s hanging death investigated in Florida 2009 Apr 17
Georgia May Be First State to Pass Embryo Adoption Legislation 2009 Mar 31
Foster care agency faulted for turning in immigrants 2009 Mar 27
Aged Out: A Murdered Foster Child's Inopportune Freedom 2009 Mar 20
The continuing foster care fiasco 2009 Mar 16
Girl's Cries For Help 'Fell on Deaf Ears' 2009 Mar 9
Florida RNs Watch For Signs of Economy-Related Child Abuse 2009 Mar 9
Foster Care Abuse Ruling Goes Against State Workers 2009 Feb 5
DCF settles federal abuse suit 2009 Feb 2
Florida Department of Children & Families records on Celebrate Children International 2009 Jan 29
Groups file amicus brief in adoption case 2009 Jan 22
U.S. urges Russia to sign adoption treaty 2009 Jan 11
Mom gets $6,500 in adoption suit 2009 Jan 9
Leekin to accept plea deal in Port St. Lucie child abuse case 2009 Jan 8
Parent who killed child, wife loses appeal 2008 Dec 23
Indian Child Welfare Act, Florida, and Coerced Adoptions 2008 Dec 18
Purcellville Man Acquitted In Death of Son in Car 2008 Dec 17
Court allows suit over alleged abuse 2008 Dec 16
Sheriff: Evil kin starved boy, 4 2008 Nov 20
Foster-care chief suddenly retires, citing frustration 2008 Oct 7
Metarie Lawmaker Considers Sterilization Measure 2008 Sep 23
Baby in Foster Care Dies After Being Left in Hot Van in Jackson Co. 2008 Sep 4
Controversy trails 'attachment' therapist who runs Chesapeake center 2008 Jul 6
Children of no one 2008 May 20
The Corrupt Business of Child Protective Services 2007 Nov 16
OFFBEAT: Bank VP Funds Child Adoption With Mentally Ill Client's Money 2007 Aug 23
Adopt ma began her cruel $3M 'con job in 1970's 2007 Aug 1
LUKE A. WILLIAMS, III, v. JON OZMINT 2007 Jul 27
Foster Parent Pleads Guilty In Child Porn Case 2007 Jul 26
Organized Crime Operating in the Child Protection System 2007 Jun 29
Workers to keep volunteer services 2007 May 29
Safe Haven or House of Horror? 2006 Feb 13
Underground network moves children from home to home 2006 Jan 18
ELIZABETH LOONEY: MISS TEEN COLLIERVILLE 2006 2006
The Baby Brokers; A duel for a daughter agonizes two families 2003 Nov 3
Agency sued by family over boy's death 2002 Sep 25
State welfare savings mean child care cuts 2001 Nov 16
SC sends a letter to Mai Ly Latrace/Project Faith to stop operating an adoption agency without a license 1999 Feb 5
LIKE `A BABY FARM' 1996 Jul 16
Embattled adoption agency can keep operating in state, pending ruling 1988 Apr 1
Would-be parents tell of broken hearts 1987 Dec 20
South Carolina's Booming Baby Business 1984 Feb 26
South Carolina Is the Nations Baby Buying Supermarket 1984 Feb 26
South Carolina's Booming Baby Business 1984 Feb 26
Letters Lewis AND "Friends" 1984 Feb 21
Murder of an Adopted Child in New-Orleans. 1854 Sep 28
Lawsuit alleges Singing River, DHS conspired to 'steal' Mexican woman's baby
Hardin County, Tennessee
Brave new welfare
Foster parents seek records to help their negligence case
A closer look at contested adoption
The cost of a nightmare
KRISTI'S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, OUR CHILDREN!
Does DFCS quota culture put young lives at risk?
Adoption Umbilical
Newborn Fever
How To Adopt
Retirement Community Fights To Evict 6-Year-Old Girl
Taken away

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