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Is this from 2010? 2011 is not refundable.

If you did not send in all adopt tax credit for the five years prior to 2010- refile! We did and received a FULL refund for all our adoptions. Remember to paper file and send all supporting documents! There was a lot of misinformation on the web, attorneys and agencies. The refund did go back 5 years and was refundable not a tax credit!!

We live in NC but visit SA twice a year for birth family visits! I wish she was looking for a family with a house full of kids:) We just had our home study update done last week:)

Some of those posts are just awful! These people have no business adopting children!

I agree with Suzi- it does sound like the government would be paying for babies:( I agree with Suzi- it does sound like the government would be paying for babies:(

How would splitting the adoption credit work in special needs cases like foster care??? These birth parents do not always voluntarily place!

I would suggest that families call the IRS- like I did:) They are the ONLY ones with the correct info!

Every adoption we have done has required a new home study! It is terrible that some agencies are charging even when the home study is current:(

I have the same problem! I often wonder about that baby also. We were told about a child with dwarfism that is 2 in foster care in San Antonio. He is up for adoption. The state has been looking for a home for a 1 and half. Makes me wonder if it is him!

Does the family have to live in Texas? Praying for this mother and baby!

So sad! Social services needs to turn their attention towards the mothers that are neglecting and abusing their children. It would be a different case if the child tested positive for drugs or the mother was already proven to be abusive due to other children being removed! Why not just send the mother and baby back to Mexico? Or better yet teach her English and let her apply for a green card- her baby is a US citizen!

I have seen too many foster/adoptive parents walk away from an adoption when they find a parent has mental health issues. There is no guarantee that your mentally "healthy" birth parent will not end up with a child with mental illness! There is not guarantee that the healthy baby you take home will always be healthy. I am sorry there are no guarantees in life!!! What if you find out the birth parents have mental illness after you have taken placement of a baby? Do you return the baby?? I am sorry I am just frustrated. We really wanted to be parents and really did not care if our child's birth parents were mentally healthy!

I will send this on to two families I know that are adopting! We have adopted two boys with very similar birth family histories. I am hoping that Abrazo families will take a chance on this little one. The child only needs love and a healthy environment and he/she will be just fine!

We really wanted to go to camp this year. We moved to a bigger house so the budget is tight this summer. We are making plans to make it next year. Hopefully we will have heard from Thomas' birth family by then!

I think that it is great he adopted from foster care. I do not like the terms he used and he seems to think of his new son as a "pet"! My husband and I have adopted from foster care. We would never made a comment about getting a cute child. Our children are perfect for our family. We were just lucky to be blessed with these children!

That is the worst thing I have ever read! So terrible!

So sad for these babies!

Why does the media always say adopted child? I dislike that. Why can't they just say son or daughter!?

That is terrible. We had a bad situation happen to one of our former foster babies. The family wanted to keep the baby in the family so we lost her at 6 months. It is now two years later and she is not adopted. The aunt is raising 6 children on her own. She has been unemployed for a year. We have visited during the summer to find no electricity or food in the house. No one at CPS will listen to us. I have had to feed and put new shoes and clothes on this child three times this year. This aunt called me 20 days after the child was placed in her home asking for money for diapers and to pay her "light" bill! I just don't understand when CPS choices a family member that is not fit just to keep the child with family!!

Can the family already have children? I know of two wonderful doctors here that are looking to adopt!

Congrats to Guy and Linda! We are so happy for you! Frank and Donna

We adopted three. The first two were foster children and the process was not fun at all. We lost 7 children before we adopted our first child. Our second adoption placement was just a few weeks after finalization of our first. I can say that we were just as excited when we were placed with our third baby Thomas. WE continue to feel the same way we did with our first adoption- blessed to have each of these boys in our lives!! Finalization was just as exciting with the third as it was with the first!

So sad!

Congrats!!

Those people do not deserve that baby. That is terrible to keep moving that child. He was three months old and does not remember the adoptive family. He has bonded with his family and should be left in the home he knows. This child is going to have trust issues if the court moves him!