Kevin Graman The Spokane Spokesman-Review
March 20, 2011
A Tri-Cities couple’s adopted sons may be taken away, and a Spokane woman’s daughter was adopted while she fought to keep the girl.
The separate child custody cases illustrate a gap in Washington law that makes it possible for adoptions to be finalized while the biological mother or father appeals termination of their parental rights.
A bill to close the loophole failed to come to a vote in the Legislature this session, leaving it up to the state court system to correct it through a rule change. FULL STORY
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