A check list for state lawmakers who want to protect adopted children

By: Dawn J. Post

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 24, 2026

Words: 897

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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The recent reporting on proposed Kentucky legislation arising from an ongoing child support dispute involving an abandoned adopted youth should be a moment for serious reflection and meaningful reform.

Across the country, practitioners, courts and child-welfare professionals are confronting a growing and deeply troubling reality: Some adopted children are being sent out of their homes across state lines or international borders, placed in institutions, informally transferred to other caregivers or left without financial …

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