Published Tuesday May 27, 2008
BY ERIN GRACE
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
“Colorblind” federal adoption legislation passed more than a decade ago was supposed to reduce the number of black children in foster care and smooth the path to their adoption.
That hasn’t happened, an adoption advocacy group contends.
In a report released today, the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute said [...]
Articles tagged with: adoption
Bumps in path to adoption of blacks
Biracial parenting is what Needhams say they were meant to do
BY ERIN GRACE
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Published Sunday May 18, 2008
The TV set flashed a picture of a baby boy who needed a home. The childless couple, filled with longing, jumped.
They would take him! Right now!
But one of the first lessons Annette and Chad Needham learned in their seven-year journey through foster care and adoption is: Parenthood [...]
Adoption Outreach: Goal is to get more black kids placed
BY ERIN GRACE
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Published Sunday May 18, 2008
Adoptive parents go to great lengths to bring a child home.
Some hire attorneys and some travel to the other side of the world. Nearly all endure probing background checks, the worry that things will fall through and, hardest of all, the wait, which can take years. Yet [...]
In re Interest of Marcus K and Justin K
Filed April 17, 2007
Nebraska Court of Appeals
SUMMARY: Termination of an incarcerated parent’s rights was in the best interests of the children because the incarceration prevented the parent from providing a “nurturing and structured environment,” and the parent’s continual perpetuation of crimes cast doubt on his ability to make the permanent changes required for adequate parenting.
Two [...]
In re Adoption of Kenten H
Filed Jan 5 2007
Nebraska Supreme Court
272 Neb. 846
SUMMARY: “An adoption cannot be vacated under NICWA where the tribe’s entry into the proceedings is untimely.”
The biological mother of Kenten H, relinquished her parental rights to Kenten H to the Department of Health and Human Services. She later petitioned the county court to vacate the adoption of [...]
In re Interest of Stephanie G.
Filed on August 29, 2006
Not designated for permanent publication
Nebraska Court of Appeals, A-06-194
SUMMARY: Even though the mother was “not at fault for her present situation and that she very much desire[d] [her daughter’s] return” the court recognized that “when a parent is unable or unwilling to rehabilitate himself or herself within a reasonable time, the [...]
In re Interest of Eden K. & Allison L.
Filed on July 3, 2006
14 Neb. App. 867, 717 N.W.2d 507
SUMMARY: The court reversed the juvenile court’s termination order finding that termination was not in the children’s best interests. The court found that “the State almost completely failed to provide the juvenile courts with testimony from many of the people whose opinions and observations [...]

