California (state of the USA)

Abuse cases

Title	Date
Arabella McCormack	2022 Aug 30
Children adopted by Jose and Gina Centeno	2020 Aug 20
Four girls adopted by Patricia Taylor	2019 May
Boy adopted by Tara McNeill Palajac	2016 Jan 8
Denis Flynn	2016
Boy adopted by Patrick Michael Anderson	2015 Jun 28
Boy and girl adopted by Eraca Dawn Craig and Christian Jessica Deanda	2014 Mar 21
Two children adopted by Ingrid Brewer	2013 Jan 15
Benjamin Yhip	2012 Apr 18
Children adopted by Gregory Bernard Lacy and LaQuron D. McLean Lacy	2012 Oct 12
Children adopted by Kelly Doreen Morris	2012 May 25
Children adopted by couple from Los Angeles county	2011 Jun 15
Twins adopted by Sandra Weller	2011 Oct 20
Boy adopted by Claude Edward Foulk	2010 Feb 24
Girl adopted by Dino Cardelli & Nancy Cardelli	2010 Sep 16
Jaclyn N.	2010 Sep 20
Lydia and Zariah Schatz	2010 Feb 6
Serenity Julia Gandara	2010 Jul 17
Kevin Michael King (D. J. Atkins)	2009 Mar 8
Adopted sibling of Kenneth Ray Knightingale	2008 Feb 11
Boy adopted by Ruben and Jacqueline Lerma	2008 Jul 11
Girl adopted by David and Christine Nordstrom	2008 Nov 4
Girl adopted by Maria Quintanilla Cuadra	2008 Jul 26
Lavender Banks	2008 May 2
Two girls adopted by Stephen Darrell Taylor	2008 Jan 1
Children adopted by Sandy June Linn	2007 Feb 26
Lilly Manning	2007 Oct 31
Boys adopted by John Krueger	2006 Apr 13
Children adopted by Sylvia Jovanna Vasquez	2006 Jan 5
Keri Ponce	2006 Feb 9
Keyana Bravo-Hamilton and her sister Jasmine Hamilton	2006 Sep 4
Girls adopted by Jessica Banks	2005 May 9
Charles Thomas McEntire III (Brandon Berry)	2004 Nov 22
Jada Chatmon	2004 Feb 6
Angelic Rose Clary	2003 Sep 14
Ellana Lin	2003 Nov 2
Lillian Leilani Gill	2002 Mar 1
Rachel Joy Thompson	2000 Sep 7
Crosby Justin White	1996 Jul 16
Children adopted by Dr. Philip J. Broeckel Sr and Julie Broeckel	1989 Oct 1
Boy adopted by Jay Ram aka Gary Winnick aka Jay Mizraha	1985 Jan 1
Jackie Zudis (Thi My Lan Nguyen)	1977 Jan 1
Danielle Christine Neal and unnamed Neal child	1976 Aug 30

Child trafficking cases

Title	Date
United States/Ukraine - Theresa Erickson, Hilary Neiman case	2011 Mar 1

Coerced adoption cases

Title	Date
Lea Tyler Darrah	1991 Apr 14
Krista Stoner	1989 Jan 1

Deportation cases

Title	Date
Rudi Richardson (Udo Ackermann)	2009 Oct 13
Tatyana Mitrohina (Gann)	2008 Jul 7
Alejandro Ebron	2005 Sep 13
Jess Mustanich	2005 Sep 13
Aaron Billings	2003
Various adoptee citizenship and potential deportation cases USA	2000 Sep 25

Disrupted placement cases

Title	Date
Girls adopted by Joyce Maynard	2011 Apr 1
Girl adopted by Tom and Beth Remboldt	2010 Oct 15
8 year old California girl	2007 Jan 1

Wrongful medication cases

Title	Date
Psychotropic drug case California	2007 Feb 23

Wrongful removal cases

Title	Date
Alicia Wade	1989 May 8

Documents

Title	Publication date
California Bans ‘Adoption Facilitators’ Known to Engage in Questionable Practices	2023 Jul 27
A Sacramento woman billed families thousands to find them a baby. Many say they were scammed	2023 Jan 5
Montana isn't alone in failure to beef up regulations of programs for troubled teens	2019 Jan 27
Guilty pleas entered in fatal Paradise child beating	2011 Apr 8
Girl found 6 years after family kidnapping	2010 Jul 15
Okla. Man Learns He Was Sold As Baby	2009 Dec 21
Prosecutors to Fight Molester's Parole	2009 Sep 18
2 Teens Homeless After Foster Care Ends	2009 Jun 26
Diocese Accused Of Mishandling Sex Abuse Case	2009 May 26
Mentors Help Former Foster Youths Realize Dreams	2009 Mar 31
Two brothers, raised apart, are united	2008 Aug 30
Foster Care Panel Issues Sweeping Proposals for Reform	2008 Aug 15
Foster Care Reform (where are you?)	2008 May 25
Adoption reform bill set to launch a year after passage	2007 Nov 26
Molester sentenced to 75 years	2007 Apr 5
Napa case spurs new law on adoptions	2006 Oct 3
Suspect in alleged assaults fights charges	2006 Apr 19
Preying on Parents	2005 Oct 1
California Religious Order to Pay $6.3 to Settle Suits	2004 Dec 24
Los Angeles 'Baby Broker' ring smashed	1948 Apr 21
Private agencies diverting millions
Foster kids pull no punches describing cracks in the system
Experts worry child deaths will lead to `panic'