Over the last two years, many prospective parents have experienced lengthy delays in their adoptions in Russia as a result of changing regulations there. Late last week, the National Council For Adoption posted on its Web site the text of a letter to the Russian government asking politely, but firmly, for the delays to come to an end.

For those of you not familiar with the Council, it is an Alexandria,... more

Hooray for Mikhail Zurabov! Mikhail who, you ask?

Mikhail Zurabov is Russia's Minister for Health and Social Development, and on January 19, he announced that his family is going to adopt a second child. According to Russia's ITAR-Tass news service, the Zurabovs have two biological children and a two-year-old son, who was adopted.

Zurabov, who has taken quite a beating in the Russia press lately for his ideas on health... more

It happened just before Christmas. A sad tale of an American family stranded by their adoption intermediaries. This family had worked for two years to welcome a new child to their family. Now instead of building a life with that child, they are suing their former agency, alleging it did not have the proper credentials at the time they began to work with it. Nobody wants their adoption journey to end like that.

What are the proper credentials? The most important word for anybody... more