(WEAR) — Right now, there are dozens of children in Northwest Florida who need adoptive parents. But a woman ready to open her heart and home said it's been a two-year ordeal of paperwork and delays.

Editor’s note: Amy Stevens, the OC Moms team leader at The Orange County Register, and her husband, Mike, have started the process to adopt a child through Orange County’s adoption services. They are ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In the fall of 2018, Tia Goins was a new mother in crisis, facing eviction, unable to ...

"In the beginning was the word,” but in my case, the word was false. My adoption paperwork states that I was found with a “paper-slip” and that the information about my birth parents was unknown. What ...

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It was February 1 when Neena John (name changed on request) and her husband received the good news they had been desperately waiting for. Nearly three years after they had registered as prospective ...

As Claire Talerico videotaped her daughter Mia finalizing baby adoption paperwork with a nurse, two things stood out. For one thing, Mia is just 10 years old. For another, Mia’s baby resembled a pink ...

Adopting a rescue pet can be a rewarding experience, but for the animal themselves, it’s not always easy to understand what is happening. Many have experienced abandonment, fear, and uncertainty ...