ADOPTION
When States Force A Particular Secular Perspective
Recently, in a comment, Andrew raised the choices before Roman Catholic adoption agencies when states have mandated that all adoption agencies must be willing to adopt children to homosexual couples. ...
Posted on 6/21/12 at 1:36 PM
Doing the twist
The twists and turns of life can be painful and mysterious, especially when we dont see them coming. I didnt see a major twist coming, and either did a 47-year-old pastor who went from being an ultra-...
Posted on 6/14/12 at 6:50 PM
My observation from the back seat
It was an honor for me to help John Reitmeier, of Crookston, find his biological family. You may have read the story in the April 28 edition of the Grand Forks Herald. Being with John and his sister,...
Posted on 5/2/12 at 2:31 PM
Thoroughly loving Millie...
Even when I am on vacation I keep up with the news at home. Of course I have been watching the weather in the Fargo -Moorhead area to see if the weather at home has become more pleasing in my absence ...
Posted on 3/12/12 at 8:45 PM
Klobuchar international adoption bill signed
A bill championed by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota allowing American parents to adopt foreign sibling has been signed into law. Parents from Minnesota and across the nation dont have to worry ...
Posted on 12/1/10 at 5:09 PM
After 80 years apart, Casselton man finds long-lost brother in Florida 
By Robin Huebner , August 07, 2012
Anti-abortion ‘billboard people’ rooted in Minnesota 
By Richard Chin , July 29, 2012
Pace of overseas adoptions slows in Minnesota 
Minnesota leads the country in the number of international adoptions per capita, but tighter regulations have caused those numbers to drop sharply in recent years.
By Madeleine Baran , July 08, 2012
2 longtime Minnesota adoption agencies merge
Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota, which has been operating in the state for 147 years, will merge with Children's Home Society and Family Services, which has been around for 123 years.By Associated Press , May 24, 2012
Facing criminal trial, Florida multimillionaire adopts girlfriend, 42 
Critics say it is an attempt by John Goodman to shield some of his fortune from the accident victim's family. But at least one legal expert says a judge is likely to see through the maneuver and prevent the 48-year-old owner of the International Polo Club in Palm Beach from benefiting from it.
By Matt Sedensky , February 09, 2012
Mom reunites with biological daughter she gave up for adoption 77 years ago
By Amy Taxin , January 02, 2012
MARILYN HAGERTY: Adoption Day brings out the best — in everyone
By Marilyn Hagerty , November 26, 2011
An adoptee comes full circle 
Adoption is a way of life for Abby Geotz.
Adopted at 3 months old in Oak Harbor, Wash., Geotz, 33, finally met her biological mother again in Grand Forks over the Labor Day weekend in 2010.
She also met her mother’s youngest son Cody, then 4.
By Chris Bieri , November 18, 2011
N.D. families asked to consider adoption
Officials with North Dakota’s Children and Family Services said they’re searching for families willing to provide homes for children in need.By Associated Press , October 31, 2011
Minnesota Supreme Court says Indian adoption case belongs in state court 
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered that adoption proceedings for an Indian child whose parents' rights were terminated should take place in state courts, not tribal courts.
By Associated Press , October 26, 2011
Grand Forks Judge Medd named ‘Angel in Adoption’
By Herald Staff Report , October 03, 2011
Burnsville, Minn., sexual assault suspect ruled an adult 
Samuel Josiah Benda, an adoptee from Sierra Leone, says he was actually 17 years old and a juvenile when the alleged crimes occurred. But prosecutors charged him as an adult with third-degree criminal sexual conduct and possession of child pornography.
By Maricella Miranda , September 20, 2011
Accused in adult sex case says he's actually underage, too 
The accused, who officials say is 19, was adopted from Sierra Leone without an official birth certificate and shouldn't face an adult sex charge because he in fact is not more than two years older than the alleged victim, his defense attorney argued this week in Dakota County District Court.
By Maricella Miranda , September 16, 2011
Guatemala mother searched 5 years for adopted girl 
By Larry Kaplow and Sonia Perez D. , August 06, 2011
Adopted daughter finds birth mother, half brother in Grand Forks 
By Sarah Nelson , March 06, 2011
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