Commonwealth Adoptions International, Inc., plans to close because it is unable to get the accreditation required by many countries. The agency has offices in Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas and Arizona.

"The agency learned in July that it had been denied accreditation required by the Hague convention - a treaty that governs international adoption, signed by the United States and nearly 75 other countries."

The agency intends to transfer most of its existing clients to other agencies, while other families that are further along in the adoption process will be able to complete it with Commonwealth. Source: Arizona Daily Star

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