Christian music singer, Steven Curtis Chapman's five-year-old daughter, adopted from China, was killed in a tragic accident late yesterday afternoon, at the Chapman home.

The girl was apparently run over in her own driveway, by a car driven by her older, teen-aged brother, according to news reports.

Five-year-old Maria Sue was one of the six Chapman children, and one of three adopted from China by the family.

The Chapman's experiences with international adoption led them to establish Shaohannah's Hope, named after their oldest adopted daughter,... more

You’ve seen ‘em … and most likely forwarded them onto friends because the e-mail directs you to “pass this on to everyone in your address book” … Yep, we’re talking about Internet hoaxes today.

I’ve learned to run everything in my e-mail box through Snopes.com. In fact, when re-tooling my iGoogle homepage recently, I put the Snopes New Urban Legends plug-in right there for me to see each day.

So, there I was today, and Help... more

The worst fear of every parent who adopts domestically is that a birth parent will decide he or she wants the child back. That’s exactly what happened in two custody battles that culminated in two very different outcomes.

The first case involved a Florida boy, now 4 ½, whose birth mother placed him for adoption in May 2001, when he was two days old. A month before the adoption was supposed to be finalized, the boy’s biological father filed a motion demanding custody. At that time, the judge informed the adoptive parents that the birth father would likely gain custody.

The birth mother supported the adoption until it appeared the court might grant the birth... more