The authorities of three countries, the study of a group of private agencies, assuming that the lessons of at least $ 20000 in each of couples of more than 100 in Germany and has to wait up to two years for babies Never comes.The three agencies in Arizona, Massachusetts, Washington State, belong to the category of new private services appeal to the adoption of couples rich pay high prices on their search for a baby from the pool of reducing infant in good health adoption. The agencies apply for pregnant women aggressive ready to give their new baby.
This month, the presidents of agencies, James Medlock, eliminated the affiliation of Massachusetts, New England adoption, the license level officials know that it is a deficit of $ 900000 and fired to prevent the adoption of new clients.
In Washington, the State Licensing Agency to stop the affiliation, adoption Center in Washington, making all new clients or new taxes. And customers of the affiliate of Arizona, south-west Agency adoption Inc, a letter from Mr. Medlock, say, at least until August, babies would not be able, with couples on the waiting list. The letter said that due to financial difficulties, the Agency would be babies with new customers, higher rates paid. “Verwüstet families
This leads to what the financial problems was unclear. “We do not know what happened or where the money is gone,” said Bette McClure, a licensor, Massachusetts, the Office for Children. “But this is a very sad story for families, call me, devastated, who say it has passed through years of infertility treatments, a mortgage on their house to throw money, and saw these assumptions as their last chance for a child. ”
Mr. Medlock has apparently not Washington, Arizona or agencies. His lawyer, Barry Hart, advising its clients to talk to the media.
“Mr. Medlock have more to say later,” said Hart. “He is a CPA go on the books, which has more books during the week. We have been told him that by the middle of next week we should know about the financial situation. There are two alternatives , Or that agencies used to maintain that it is not. If they do not, it is the intention of Mr. Medlock for the files to another agency or the state, so that customers are not affected. ”
While the schemes vary from state to state, acceptance, experts say that the competent authorities as a general rule, few limits in private agencies or financial practices of booking fees.
Mr. Medlock, South-West, began in 1984, responsible for couples wanting to adopt a baby of $ 20000 or more, taxes, regulatory authorities in the three countries have said legal, but also among the highest ever seen. The agencies asked clients for a donation of $ 1000 or more for a birth mother’s Fund “would be paying for transportation, lodging and clothing for women who have given their baby. The emphasis on extraction delivery of mothers in the south-west has been one of outlets in an era where women are less than their babies for adoption.
Adoption of the south-west and with it began as businesses related outgrowth of the law practice of Michael Sullivan, M. Medlock’s Co-founder, left the company last year. In October, Forbes magazine touted South-West for its “good practices”.
And many families, has chosen south-west said they had done its best to help the Agency before the signing.
“We were told that his reputation was well,” said Peter Nielsen, Manalapan, NJ, USA, with his wife, Frances, has signed a contract with South-West during the years 1990 and paid $ 21575 booking fees. “Even after we paid, which I called Better Business Bureau and the status of the Attorney General of each month to see if there were complaints, and it has never been any. Soon, Promises of a child
The Nielsen said, they chose South-West, because it seemed that you, Route de l’adoption of a baby. Like many other clients with agencies that Nielsen reported that they had promised a child within one year after signing a contract with the Agency.