Suzanne Gardener Stott has spent 30 years facilitating adoptions. She says it’s rare for adoptive parents to terminate their parental rights, but that it has been done -- and there is a right (and legal) way to do it:

“’The same way you get a divorce; you legally go to court and have your rights terminated,’ Stott explains. But she says that happens only after sometimes years of efforts, and most of the time the child goes directly to another adoptive family.” Source: KSL News Radio (UT)

International adoptions have been in the media spotlight lately, after a Tennessee woman put her adoptive son on a plane back to Russia – his birth country. She claimed the boy had severe psychological problems and had threatened her family. Stott, who is familiar with the agency that facilitated this adoption, said she’s surprised the woman didn’t take advantage of the support services offered by the agency.
 

Labels: international, russia

Posted By: Stefanie Hamilton