Adopting a child isn’t an easy process. Parents who choose to adopt often have to go through a lot to bring that child home. And for kids who are adopted, especially kids old enough to be aware of ...

Child welfare advocates say Kansas foster care regulations unintentionally tear families apart. State law forced one family ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County finalized 261 adoptions in 2025, the most in at least a decade. The figure represents a 75% increase in the number of children finding permanent homes since 2015, ...

Four adult family members in Florida have been arrested and charged with alleged child abuse of several adopted and foster children in their care. Brian, 47, Jill, 41, Dalllin, 21, and Liberty ...

Laura Kosa of Auburndale adopted her sixth child in July and is fostering another child. Kosa adopted Ansley after accepting her as a foster child in October 2024 after the girl was born prematurely ...

A white West Virginia couple has been sentenced to hundreds of years in prison after being found guilty of forcing their Black adopted children to work as slaves on their farm. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather ...

The nightmare story of five adopted children, treated like “slav*s,” led to a West Virginia couple being collectively sentenced to 375 years in prison. Jeanne Whitefeather, 63, and her husband, Donald ...

My husband and I adopted four children over the span of seven years. All of them are open adoptions. These arrangements allow for varying degrees of contact between adoptive and birth families. In our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather is led away after being sentenced to up to 215 years in prison for abusing her adopted children Wednesday, ...