In 1693, Governor Sir William Phips of Massachusetts adopts a son, marking the first recorded legal adoption in the colonies.

When Ali Marie Watson conceived a child in 2012, she sought to place her baby in adoption. The Paduca, Kentucky, native studied 30 profiles of adoptive couples sent to her by her adoption agency. The ...

Adoptive parents can spend years helping children feel safe after early trauma, often while struggling to find support for ...

Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra have been fighting with the adoptive parents of their daughter, Carly Davis, for a while. Brandon Davis and his wife, Teresa Davis, adopted Carly in 2009. The two ...