Adoption Day

For 34 newly adopted children, the prospect of unconditional love was born in a courthouse yesterday. Angel, 2, loves vanilla pudding. Tayvon, 2, has a penchant for chasing his dogs around the dinner table. And Paul, 4, helps build model planes and ...

Jewel Dews, 9, and her two younger brothers have been given the opportunity to rediscover the family life they almost lost. They have been living apart for years, caught up in the foster care system with little prospect of being together. Now, thanks ...

The DC courthouse sees all walks of city life: the good, the bad and the children who don’t have a safe and stable home. That might explain why 13 of the roughly 100 DC courts judges are adoptive parents. "It’s one thing to sit in your robe and make ...

Patricia Moton, 56, listened to her daughter pose the same question over and over as months stretched into years and she was still living in her District home as a foster child. "When am I going to get adopted?" Moton recalled her asking. Moton said ...

Hundreds gathered at DC Superior Court in Northwest yesterday to celebrate with the men, women and children who officially became families during the District’s 17th Annual Adoption Day in Court ceremony. Nearly 500 people came to see 43 youngsters ...