foster care adoption

Abuse cases

Title	Date
Three children adopted by Jacqueline Ferguson	2015 Mar 23
Boy adopted by Timothy and Karen Sue Tolin	2014 Oct 20
Children adopted by Travis and Stacy Yates	2014 Feb 1
Girl adopted by Justin and Marsha Harris	2014 Apr 4
Girl adopted by couple from Wichita, Ka	2014 Mar 1
10 children adopted by Dave and Wonda Dixon	2013 Aug 21
Boy adopted by John A. Kelley	2013 Dec 16
Children adopted by Damien and Allonna Stovall	2013 Mar 21
Children adopted by Donald and Linda Hannah	2013 Feb 14
Five children adopted Bernie and Melissa Harmon	2013 Aug 1
Girl adopted by Terri and Pamela Dennis	2013 Apr 4
Girls adopted by Dwight and Janet Solander	2013 Feb 1
Two children adopted by Ingrid Brewer	2013 Jan 15
4 children adopted by Richard and Cheryle Burton	2012 Nov 3
Alexis Long	2012 Jan 31
Bethany Loerke	2012 Apr 22
Boy adopted by Mona and Russell Hauer	2012 Nov 6
Children adopted by Kelly Doreen Morris	2012 May 25
Children adopted by Nikki and Larry Russell	2012 Nov 27
Children adopted by Paul and JoAnn Drake	2012 Nov 8
Children adopted by Peter and Tamara Gable	2012 Apr 1
3 children adopted by John and Sonja Kluth	2011 Feb 23
4 children adopted by Aubrey and Laura Thomas	2011 Oct 14
4 children adopted by Shanda Lou Yenglin	2011 Feb 27
Amy Dye	2011 Feb 7
Boy adopted by Angel and Osanna Bravo	2011 Apr 25
Boy adopted by Deidra Harris	2011 Feb 15
Boys adopted by George Harasz and Doug Wirth	2011 Nov 30
Children adopted by Kenneth H. Brandt	2011 Mar 1
Five children adopted by Jeffrey and Rebecca Trebilcock	2011 Mar 1
Five girls adopted by Scott and Drew Anne Hamrick	2011 Jun 30
Girl is care of Mary Mazalic and Derron Alexis	2011 Sep 19
Girls adopted by Jason Hignight	2011 Jan 18
Two girls adopted by John and Roseanne Kincheloe	2011 Jan 4
Victor and Nubia Barahona (Doctor)	2011 Feb 14
Boy adopted by Lori Wiley-Drones and Edward Drones	2010 Jan 1
Boy adopted by Randal and Christine Arnold	2010 Sep 17
Boy adopted by Steven and Mikelann Renwick	2010 Aug 18
Boy adopted by Tammy Renea Andrews	2010 Feb 24
Boy adopted by Walter and Beverly Watts	2010 Jun 27
Children adopted and fostered by Jonathan and Jaime Swim	2010 May 17
Children adopted by Anya James	2010 Oct 1
Children adopted by Dwayne and Pamela Hardy	2010 Aug 12
Children adopted by John and Carolyn Jackson	2010 Apr 16
Children in care of Sharon Wilkerson	2010 Oct 1
Serenity Julia Gandara	2010 Jul 17
Tristan Dosdall	2010 Mar 24
Alexis 'Lexie' Glover	2009 Jan 7
Colin David Jones	2009 Dec 24
Danielle Ellington	2009 Jun 5
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
Shylea Myza Thomas	2009 Apr 22
3 girls adopted by Charles Sparks	2008 Apr 28
Boy adopted by Ruben and Jacqueline Lerma	2008 Jul 11
Boy adopted by Scott Legrand	2008 Feb 8
Children adopted by Paul and Paula Dunham	2008 Nov 1
Children adopted by Shirley Allen	2008 May 28
Faith J. Ray (Samantha Foster)	2008 Dec 8
Girl adopted by Gerald Dale and Hope Snapp	2008 Jan 10
Jasmine and Minnet Bowman	2008 Sep 27
Kevin Johnson	2008 Jul 18
Samuel Hudson (David) and five other adopted children of William and Cynthia Hudson	2008 Dec 9
Two girls adopted by Stephen Darrell Taylor	2008 Jan 1
Children adopted by Jerry Wayne Love	2007 Jul 9
Children adopted by Judith Leekin	2007 Jul 30
Chrystal Ramirez (Chrystal Camarillo)	2007 Aug 24
Girls adopted by John and Alicia Bryan	2007 Sep 5
Girls adopted by Patricia Harris	2007 Aug 17
Lilly Manning	2007 Oct 31
Ahmad King (Rawls)	2006 Jan 23
Andrew Burd	2006 Oct 2
Boys adopted by Dennis Scott McCurry and Molly McCurry (birth name West)	2006 Jul 1
Children adopted by Sylvia Jovanna Vasquez	2006 Jan 5
Girl adopted by Ellery and Krisi James	2006 May 1
Jarod "Jerry" Hulsey (Jerry Gribbens)	2006 Apr 3
Keri Ponce	2006 Feb 9
Keyana Bravo-Hamilton and her sister Jasmine Hamilton	2006 Sep 4
Monica Fabregas	2006 Jun 7
Sean Paddock (Sean Ford)	2006 Feb 26
Twin girls adopted by Tamika Williams	2006 Nov 22
11 Children adopted by Michael and Sharen Gravelle	2005 Sep 1
Adrianna Maria Romero Cram	2005 Jun 13
Children adopted by John and Linda Dollar	2005 Jan 21
Girl to be adopted by Ernest Richard Davison and Cynthia Joan Davison	2005 Jan 1
Girls adopted by Gary McCoy	2005 Apr 4
Tyler DeLeon	2005 Jan 13
18 Children in care of Tom and Debra Schmitz	2004 Jun 30
Brittany Legler	2004 May 9
Children adopted by Patrick and Sherry Kelley	2004 Jul 1
Girls adopted and fostered by Joe David Lujan and wife	2004 Nov 6
Bruce, Michael, Tyrone and Keith Jackson	2003 Oct 10
Amber King	2002 Jan 1
Anthony Bars	2002 Jan 19
Brian Edgar	2002 Dec 31
Christopher Forder	2002 Nov 22
Lillian Leilani Gill	2002 Mar 1
20 children adopted by Nellie Jasper Johnson	2001 Sep 1
Children adopted by Sylvia and Michael Wenger	2001 Jan 1
Children adopted by a St Francis couple	2001 Mar 27
Alex Charles Boucher	2000 Sep 25
Candace Newmaker (Candace Tiara Elmore)	2000 Apr 18
Children adopted by Charles and Marjorie Moss	2000 May 11
Grace Lee Bogey (Gracielo Cano)	2000 Sep 2
Joseph Beebe	2000 Mar 17
Boys adopted and fostered by Thomas Cusick	1999 Oct 26
Children adopted by Emily Miller	1999 Nov 2
John Smith	1999 Dec 24
Shawn Lowrance (Andy Mohler)	1999 Oct 9
Stephanie Collins	1999 Sep 1
Boy adopted by George Alex Allen	1998 Nov 26
Roberta Evers	1998 Jun 13
Shamir Hudson, born Shamir Goslee	1998 Mar 24
Angel Martin	1997 Nov 16
Cory Bradley McLauchlin	1997 Jul 4
Boy and girl adopted by Richard and Christine Dodson	1995 Jul 1
Krystal Ann Tibbets	1995 Jul 7
Lucas Ciambrone (Pedro Garcia)	1995 May 13
Kameron Lee Bright (Moghaghab)	1994 Apr 2
TaJuana Davidson	1993 Nov 3
Vicky Dawn Louise Rinkel	1993 Oct 15
Hannah, Noah, Molly and Joshua Carroll	1992 Sep 21
Weyland Brown Mitchell	1992 May 20
76+ Children adopted by Diane and Dennis Nason	1991 May 1
Rachel Collins	1991 Feb 7
Jeannie Warren	1989 Jan 1
Children adopted by Harold Johnson and Sherry Johnson	1988 Oct 21
Kelly Pope	1988 Jan 1
Boys adopted by David Allen Lindsey Sr.	1987 Jun 6
Boy adopted by Jay Ram aka Gary Winnick aka Jay Mizraha	1985 Jan 1
"Infant Charlie"	1983 Jan 1
Michael Tinning	1981 Mar 2
C.T. Wilson	1978 Jan 1

Disrupted placement cases

Title	Date
Boy adopted by a Mesa AZ couple	2012 Oct 30
Boy adopted by Glenna Mueller	2006 Jul 1
Shannon Aumock	1988 Jan 1
Linda, Michael, and Jeffrey Garber	1986 Jan 1

Documents

Title	Publication date
Failed adoptions traumatic	2014 Sep 7
Despite ‘grave danger,’ government allows Internet forums to go unchecked	2013 Sep 10
Woman challenges grandson's adoption	2013 Sep 4
Indiana Supreme Court nullifies adoption of twins	2013 Aug 18
Adoptive mother 'locked children in their rooms, beat them with a HAMMER, zip-tied their hands together	2013 Jan 24
Adoption options plummet as Russia closes its doors	2013 Jan 10
State to pay $5.3M to abused children	2012 Oct 2
The revolving doors of family court: confronting broken adoptios	2012 Jun 27
Failed Adoptions Create More Homeless Youths	2011 Dec 29
Charity highlights 'gaps' in Ofsted adoption inspections	2011 Jun 9
The adoption paradox	2011 May 13
Babies are not the only children worth adopting	2011 Apr 25
Bills Could Streamline Adoption Process For Foster Care Children	2011 Mar 25
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
Colorado appeals court allows abused siblings to sue social workers	2011 Jan 6
Couple say adopted son beyond their help	2009 Dec 6
State lines stall interstate adoptions	2001 Sep 2
Split the baby: Two sides of an adoption battle