Mental health issues have plagued Krista* all her adult life. Through these struggles, four of her children were placed in foster care/adopted. Krista understood her health prohibited her from adequately…
ICPC—Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children-- is often the most feared part of the adoption process for adoptive parents who adopt outside their home states. Essentially, ICPC allows a…
Jada will always be this little girl's mother. Jada will always have a connection to this little girl. This little girl will always know of her birth mother's love. Three…
With infertility rates increasing, more couples are looking to domestic adoptions to satisfy their needs, wants and desires to have a family of their own. Heart to Heart, a Utah adoption agency specializes in helping birthmothers with unplanned pregnancies. They strive to make the domestic adoption process as smooth as possible for birthmothers and adoptive parents. The general domestic adoption process includes:
Morocco has recently changed their nationwide adoption laws, leaving foreign couples without hope and promise, simply devastated by the turn of events.
As a predominantly Muslim country, many North African nations require religion be a determining factor when adopting children. However, last September, Morocco amended their laws, ultimately banning foreigners from adopting children. Morocco claims this is helping protect children’s interests and ultimately their religious identities.
Meanwhile, foreigners that have already entered the adoption process hold with baited breath, waiting to see if their applications will become null and void under the new laws. More than 100 families are affected, including American, French and Spanish citizens, as well as Moroccans living abroad in Europe. These couples were awarded children prior to the change in laws, but are still awaiting final guardianship decisions. (more…)
When Hollywood stars adopt, the world commands attention. Helping bring notoriety and social acceptance to adoption myths, some Hollywood actresses are open about their issues battling infertility, while others promote social justice for orphans and unplanned pregnancies.
Heart to Heart, a Utah adoption agency, chronicles some of the famous Hollywood actresses who have adopted a child, including:
Just last year the ever popular and growing social networking platform, known as “Facebook” reached one billion users. With activity in countries across North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, this social platform has literally redefined the social culture and how people stay in touch.
Long ago if people wanted to track down an old high school friend, the chances were slim, relying mostly on word of mouth, white page research and the yellow pages. Today, with Facebook literally taking over the world of social media, people can instantly find friends from grade school, middle school, high school or college simply with the ease of using Facebook’s search tools. (more…)