Adoption

Adopting a child into your family is a special time in your life, but it's also one that can come with a great deal of uncertainty and misinformation. Because adoption is a legal proceeding, it's crucial to make sure you understand all of your rights and...

The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling we discussed recently that made marriage between same-sex couples legal throughout the country is having numerous reverberations throughout Louisiana. Among those impacted are same-sex couples who were legally married in another...

Just one day before National Adoption Day (Nov. 22) 13 children from around the Calcasieu Parish officially became part of a family. Family court judges finalized the adoptions at the courthouse in Lake Charles.National Adoption Day, which is the Saturday before...

Louisiana has many children in the care of the state who are looking for good, loving permanent homes. The Department of Children and Family Services provides an outline of the steps required to adopt a child under the care of the Office of Community Services.The...

Many people who choose to adopt shy away from older children for a variety of reasons. Some like to raise a child from infancy. Others may assume that for children who haven't been adopted when they're very young, there must be some reason. Consequently, too many...

It sounds like something out of an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," but sadly, it's happening here in Louisiana. People are transferring custody of their adopted children to people they connect with online because they no longer want them or are...

A couple that wants to start a family often has a number of great reasons for doing so. Typically, they feel that they would be good parents and want to give the devotion and care they're capable of to a son or daughter. However, due to a variety of circumstances,...

In order to increase awareness about the need for adoption in Louisiana, one TV station, KPLC-TV, is launching a new program that will focus around children who are currently in the state's foster care system. This program is going to be called "The New Family...

Multiple celebrities, from Madonna to Angelina Jolie, have gone to other countries to find children they wanted to raise as their own. International adoption is common, a fact affirmed by State Department data showing that there were 8,868 instances of it in 2012....

The legal issues surrounding parenthood are subject to tremendous debate, as people argue over the best interests of the children involved. Some of the issues surround adoption. While every child has two biological parents, a mother and a father, adoptions can be...