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MASSACHUSETTS COURTS
LEGALIZE MORE THAN 200
ADOPTIONS ON SIXTH NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY
Hundreds
of families and their friends gathered together at
courthouses throughout the Commonwealth on November
21 to celebrate the adoptions of 208 foster children
from the Department of Children and Families. Juvenile
and Probate and Family Court judges finalized adoptions
in eight cities statewide: Boston, Brockton, Cambridge,
Hadley, Pittsfield, Salem, Springfield, and Worcester.
Court staff organized many activities, such as storytelling,
musical entertainment, and arts and crafts, for the
children and their families. Special guests included
legislators and local celebrities who helped to welcome
the new families.
The
Massachusetts Trial Court, in cooperation with the
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange and the Massachusetts
Department of Children and Families, assists each year
in the organization of events across the state to encourage
families to adopt children out of the foster care system
and give them loving and caring homes. Courts in all
fifty states participated in National Adoption Day
this year, and judges performed more than 4,000 adoptions
nationwide.
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