Moritorium on Adoption of Russian Children by US Citizens

[Destroit]

On a dumb side note: Who else here is reminded of that movie that came out last fall called "The Orphan"? I believe it was last fall, anyway. I think the little girl was supposed to have come from Russia, also.

Dumb unrelated point, it's just interesting as that movie JUST came out and I just saw it. Personally, I think she should be able to send the child back if it is documented that Russia hid information about his mental health. He should have NEVER been up for adoption if he is this psychotic. That poor woman was deceived. Here she was trying to take in a person as a part of her family and she ended up being forced to send him back in order to protect her original family. That is ENTIRELY the Russian government's fault :.

I don't agree with having to have him institutionalized. She's supposed to shell out what would most likely be her life saving to house a child OUT of her home that she spent all this time and money to adopt hoping to help a child and have a loving member to her family? If that's the case, Russia should be forced to pay for all of it or take back the child. That's INCREDIBLY unfair to expect someone to do; I'm sorry, there's no justifying expecting this woman to do this.

(For people who can't see the yellow)

On a dumb side note: Who else here is reminded of that movie that came out last fall called "The Orphan"? I believe it was last fall, anyway. I think the little girl was supposed to have come from Russia, also.

Dumb unrelated point, it's just interesting as that movie JUST came out and I just saw it. Personally, I think she should be able to send the child back if it is documented that Russia hid information about his mental health. He should have NEVER been up for adoption if he is this psychotic. That poor woman was deceived. Here she was trying to take in a person as a part of her family and she ended up being forced to send him back in order to protect her original family. That is ENTIRELY the Russian government's fault :.

I don't agree with having to have him institutionalized. She's supposed to shell out what would most likely be her life saving to house a child OUT of her home that she spent all this time and money to adopt hoping to help a child and have a loving member to her family? If that's the case, Russia should be forced to pay for all of it or take back the child. That's INCREDIBLY unfair to expect someone to do; I'm sorry, there's no justifying expecting this woman to do this.

Edited April 12, 2010 by Chernobyl

[TygerLili]

Cher, I thought of that movie when I read this, too.

And, since I'm looking back at the first post I made, and it's a little vague. I totally don't agree with the way she chose to forfeit her adoption rights on the child, but I do think that when someone adopts an older child, and it really isn't working out, especially if the adoption officials were untruthful about the nature of the child, they should be able to "annul" the adoption.