| Under more normal circumstances, intercountry adoptions often take years to complete. |
| Moreover, in contrast to adoptions, we did not find information cascades for abandonment. |
| Attempts have been made to ensure that adopters are suitable carers and that those arranging adoptions act ethically. |
| Small wonder that adoptions from Russia have been petering out over the past five years. |
| They apply to adoptions by relatives and step-parents as well as adoptions from care. |
| Two years later, the reprimand was overturned, but Mia was unsuccessful in her bid to annul the adoptions. |
