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Volusia County Teacher Legally Adopts Former Student

A family court finalized a two-year foster-care adoption that included a legal name change to give the 11-year-old a permanent home.

Utah Marks 25 Years of Newborn Safe Haven Law

France Weighs Ending Fully Anonymous Births After Advisory Push on Right to Origins

Bombay High Court Upholds Shift of Adoption Orders to District Magistrates

Milan Seeks Foreign Checks on Minetti Pardon and Uruguayan Adoption

Up to 200,000 Foreign-Born Adoptees Face Deportation Risk in the U.S.

Raffaella Carrà Adopted Longtime Aide as Sole Heir, Foundation Confirms

Florida Legislature Sends Foreign Influence Bill With Surrogacy Ban to DeSantis

Venice Juvenile Court Sends Same-Sex Civil-Union Adoption Ban to Constitutional Court

Mexico’s High Court Sets Binding Process for Surrogacy Birth Certificates

Bombay High Court Says Adopted Child Takes Adoptive Parents’ Caste, Orders Fresh Certificate

Telangana HC Rejects Couple’s Custody Plea, Rules Adoption Illegal Under CARA

Salta Sisters, 10 and 12, Plead to Judge for Adoption Together

Court Clears Path for Baby Elsa’s Adoption in East London Foundling Case

Argentine Court Grants Full Adoption to Lizy Tagliani and Sebastián Nebot

Viral Plea Spurs RUAGA Screening for 14-Year-Old Seeking Adoption in Rosario

Santa Fe Teen’s Adoption Plea Draws 300+ Applicants as RUAGA Begins Screening

Paraná Court Raises Damages to R$37,000 for Couple Who Abandoned Boy During Pre-Adoption Stay

New Rio Census Finds 74% of Children Leave Shelters Within 18 Months

Unnido Presses Federal Reform to Speed Adoptions, Launches 'Los Invisibles' at 40 Years