11.   And unlike the DeBoers, who lost every court decision to the biological parents, the Illinois adoptive parents had won two lower court rulings.

12.   And the fluorescent lights in the house of her adoptive parents had to be replaced with softer ones, her bedroom repainted in pastels instead of bright primary colors.

13.   And what if there is a falling out between the birth parents and the adoptive parents?

14.   Another good way to get a handle on agency fees is by joining one of the scores of organizations that offer support for adoptive parents.

15.   Another section says that biological parents must relinquish their rights in order for a child to be transferred to adoptive parents.

16.   Aronson became intrigued with the field during her pediatric training nine years ago, when she sometimes received phone calls from worried adoptive parents.

17.   Article IV guarantees that a child legally adopted in one state is the legitimate child of his adoptive parents in all states.

18.   As kids build walls, adoptive parents struggle with their own uncertainties.

19.   As they agreed to do, the adoptive parents have regularly mailed pictures and letters of their son.

20.   As with many hopeful adoptive parents, his chances of adopting a foreign boy are much greater than those of adopting an American-born child.