Parents can surrender their children of any age to the state for any reason. It’s called “relief of custody” and is becoming more of a problem with teenagers, especially in Virginia.

Every adopted child is unique ... it can be extremely emotionally taxing for parents and children alike. Parents should make sure they have their own support system of friends, family, and ...

Even when children are taken away from their mothers for good reasons, it can impact their development, says Lora Rose Buth.

Birth parents can choose their child’s adoptive family and maintain a loving connection throughout their child’s life.

Foster Care in North Carolina," highlights the tragic case of two children allegedly murdered by their adoptive mother, ...

The 'abusive' white parents from West Virginia accused of locking their adopted black children in a barn also ... that she had seen the teenagers being locked up in the 'shop,' and that she ...

A West Virginia mother who is accused, along with her husband, of treating their adopted Black children as “slaves,” told law enforcement that they liked being ... The parents, who are white ...

said the couple served as temporary foster parents for more than 30 children before adopting the youngest child in 2016 when she was a baby. In 2017, they adopted her four siblings. Plants also ...