Articles Book III - Pg 300-560 (Birthparents) - triadoption

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Sunday, Nuvarnber 9, 1980-IJc
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',(Coalloeed from pege 1C)
The~hlldren'sHome Scclety ofllce
In Pensacola handled lhc adopllon.
"I have r law er who Is dealln
wllh lhc agency n Penancola," sel
Mrs. Draughon. 'They told me In Au-
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gust bey couldn't flnd out (he whereabouts
ol (he rdopuve parents. But
'the liut tlmq my lawyer contacted
c lhem;theg spld they would tr): one .
more lhlng lo try to flnd lhem.
Mrs. Draughon is sUll waltlng to
hear from the agency. Her lawyer de-
: cllncd to comment on the case. '
Amrdlng Lo a legal spokesman, If
the enc Is unable to locate the
adoptfvo Jmll tho couM wlll be
j the next step. T& attorne snld there
, was a good chance Ulal a fudge could
order the informallon released dl-
, rectly to Mrs. Draughon, to conduct
her own search..
, Mennwhlle. Mrs. Draughon haa organlzed
a Tnllahnscc branch of Con-.
cerncd Unlled Dl& Parents (CUB)
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The grou is a nallonal, non.profll
Rupporl ancfndvococ grou for parcnls
who have been Lrced Poaurrcn.
der thelr chlldren for adopllon.
CUB was formcd In '70 lo sup ort
, the rl h(s ol ado tees to ohtaln thr
hlrlh \lalory an# thelr nslural perenh'
Idenllly.
Ilowcvcr, It la not a search orgnnl.
znllon,olflclals sny. CUD'apurposcis
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to edu~atc parents on wa a lo search
! ,for lholr chlldren and on tow to deal
wllh rgc~clcd and support groups.
' "I ot involved wlth CUD beeause 1 . ' I .
woul! Ilk6 to help educate eoplc
ahul how adopllon uscd to i e and
how natural blrth parents feel now -
whal KC are golng through," snld -
Mrs. Draughon.
Florence Roqs, dlrcclor of Chlldrcn'r
Home Society In Tnllahasce.
safd her a ency understood those
1. elln s. agency provldes fro!
couns.&ng for parenla who wlsh Lo
contact lhc chlldren they put up for
adopllon. to let lhem know whal to
expecl, she sald.
'I fnl that It Is sod when a ...
mother baa been 'forccd' to place a
cl~lld for adopllon," Mrs. Ros snld.
"Yet, 1 thlnk she has Lo re~nembcr the
chlld and the edopU,ve parenla and
lhelr fnllngs!'
Mrs. Ross said the egenc dld eve
lblo to make a dY optlon In.
~~~%%?nvallnble to ndopllvo , C.LB
parents, and to help edopllvo pnrcnla
and natural pnrenla conlacl cnch 0th-
Is lhe reunlon ofa chlld wllh hls
nolural molher odvlsnhlel Yrs, says
Mrs. Drauahon, who clles advlca
froni profKqlonnl.plonnls.
Maybe, snys Mrs. Ross - and
maybe not. The reunion of n lccn- I ;
oger wllh hls nntural molher could be . ..
u ~clllng If the chlld wasn't ready,
sk snld. !
: For now, there laJua1 more waltlnp
and more wondcrln~ for Mrs.
Draughon. She snys she wlll not glvp
up her scnrch.
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