Adoptions-In-Progress in Limbo as U.S. Bans Adopting from Nepal

Here is a story from the Chicago Tribune about a woman who went to Nepal to pick up her adopted daughter, only to find out that the U.S. had banned Nepalese adoptions.

Adoption route leaves mother, child exiled in Nepal
Chicago woman wants to bring daughter home, but U.S. policy is blocking her path
September 26, 2010 By Mary Schmich

You can also listen to her tell her story on NPR's Here and Now:
Adoptive Mom Finds Herself Stuck In Nepal

Here's a link to the latest information from the U.S. Department of State concerning adopting from Nepal:
http://adoption.state.gov/news/nepalalerts.html

State Department Issues Warning About Adoption from Nepal

As reported by Adoption Today magazine:
In mid-February the U.S. State Department issued a statement warning prospective parents from adopting from Nepal. A report issued by the Hague Conference on Private International Law pinpointing the weaknesses of Nepal’s current adoption system prompted the warning. 
After a visit to Nepal in November 2009, a Hague delegate reviewed Nepal’s new terms and conditions that went into place in 2008.  Included in the report were concerns about falsification of documents, improper financial
gain and lack of a child protection system.  The report, in addition to one of the first adoption  cases from Nepal to the United States being questionable when the child was found not to be a true orphan whose biological parents were actively searching for him, caused the State Department to issue the warning. The State Department states on its Web site: “We caution prospective adoptive parents who have yet to choose a country that the intercountry adoption system in Nepal is not yet reliable. ”
For additional information, visit http://www.adoptinfo.net/.