After adopting their child from The Adoption Center of Choice, Charlesly and Charlotte Josephs were called by the center and asked if they would adopt a second child. The center told them the child was a sibling of the child they had adopted. The Josephs paid the center $37,900 in adoption fees, traveled to Utah where the center is based, and waited. But after nine days they were not able to take their newly adopted child home, but were told the mother had changed her mind. The Josephs not only have not been able to get their fees paid back, but also found out that the adoption center was on probationary license due to noncompliance with state adoption rules, which required the center to inform their clients of their status. The Josephs have filed a breach of contract claim in Bernalillo County Court to get a refund for their adoption fees paid and punitive damages.
See Victoria Prieskop, Adoption Turns Ito Expensive Fiasco, Courthouse News Service, Nov. 17, 2014.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
