According to a Dec. 4 article on the website iSurfHopkins.com, the couple chose to adopt internationally because they were worried about the risks associated with domestic adoption:
According to Tara Whitmer, the couple has spent a considerable amount of time attempting to find local adoption possibilities, but discovered in many local private adoptions there were no guarantees. The Whitmers were concerned that there might be a chance that the estranged parents of orphaned children would come back and attempt to regain custody. The uncertainty of the possibilities frightened the couple.
iSurf news contacted Jenny Morin of the Department of Community Based Services (DCBS) in Hopkins County concerning the risks of adoption. Mrs. Morin stated that she understood the Whitmer's concerns regarding adoption, but for the birth-parents to simply change their minds was not sufficient reason for any Kentucky court to appeal and adoption.
"There are truly no guarantees," said Morin. "Three out of four private adoptions fall through because the birth parents change their minds at the last minute, prior to termination of parental rights. Once an adoption is finalized, however, it his highly unlikely that the decision will be overturned."
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