Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Adoptions, parental rights loophole puts families in flux

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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