When Blood Is Not Thicker Than Water: Long-Term Foster Parents May Get Preference for Adoption
Who should have preference to adopt a foster child if the parental rights of the biological parents have been severed?
September 26, 2024 at 02:00 PM
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Family LawThe National Council for Adoption recently reported that "the number of children adopted from foster care in FY 2022 was 53,665. This was only a 1% decrease from the year prior, but over an 18% decrease from FY 2019, marking FY 2022 as having the fewest number of adoptions from foster care since FY 2015."
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