Since October, Iowa City kindergarten teacher stuck in Vietnam limbo with adopted daughter; Bills about $100,000 May 16, 2008
Posted by John in Children, Family, Government, International.Tags: abandonment, Adoption, baby buying, Hanoi (Vietnam), International Adoption, Karla Brendler, Madison Brendler, U.S. State Deparment
2 comments
Image via WikipediaFrom ABCNEWS:
Karla Brendler has been living in Vietnam since October, as she awaits approval from the State Department to bring home her 16-month-old adopted daughter Madison. Amid allegations of corruption and baby buying, the U.S. has suspended adoptions from Vietnam. …
Adoptions can cost about $20,000. But with stalled international adoptions like Brendler’s, costs can rise dramatically. With agency costs, lawyer fees, home studies, travel, extended stay in Vietnam, lost wages, Brendler estimates her bills to be about $100,000.
Brendler sometimes feels that she is being held hostage in Vietnam away from family and friends. …
PHOTO of Karla Brendler and daughter Madison
Full
