National Adoption Day Ceremonies

Judge Marjory A. German, Associate Justice of the Suffolk County Juvenile Court, was the moderator of National Adoption Day at the Edward Brooke Courthouse on November 16.

Trial Court Chief Justice Robert A. Mulligan discussed the positive influence families make in the lives of their adopted children.

Probate and Family Court Chief Justice Paula M. Carey presided over the adoption of brothers Michael, Paul and Andrew. At right are their adoptive parents.

Barbara and Jerry Wright, adoptive parents, talked about their joyful experience with their son.

Suffolk County Probate and Family Court Judge Elaine M. Moriarty plays with Kameron, one of dozens of children adopted on November 16.