Guatemala Disruption Story on the Horizon?
Karen Smith Rotabi gives a tease on a possible upcoming Guatemala story in her July 16, 2012 post on RH Reality Check Court Orders U.S. Mother Must Provide Child Support for Abandoned Russian Adoptee. Start of a Trend?
“While [in Guatemala], I heard two of the worst adoption disruption stories imaginable. Adopted children being sent back and abandoned in Guatemala have not yet been documented in the international press, but the stories that I heard are so profoundly disturbing that I suspect we will hear more if and when the story breaks. Because I cannot verify the facts, I will restrain myself from the sharing the details. And, the deserted children deserve their confidentially. However, it appears that recently a number of the children have now been rescued and sent back to the United States and placed into state foster care in those states where they were resided prior to abandonment. Because they are U.S. citizens, their cases were reportedly handled by the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City in collaboration with state child welfare authorities.”
REFORM Puzzle Piece
Sent BACK to the US to be placed in foster care????
Interesting follow-up article – and I share the author’s concern regarding potential for corruption in adoptions from DRC:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/07/16/lessons-from-past-and-future-intercountry-adoptions-from-nations-in-conflict-and-