DENVER—A Lakewood adoption agency has agreed to end a practice called “photo listing” and pay $28,500 restitution after the Ukrainian children shown weren’t always available for adoption.
Attorney General John Suthers announced the agreement Friday with Adopt A Miracle. Suthers says several prospective parents complained after initially paying $2,500 to temporarily host children based on pictures listed through the agency in the hope of adopting them.
Many parents bonded with the children but later learned they were unadoptable because among other things, the biological parents’ rights had not been terminated.
A spokeswoman for the agency didn’t immediately return an e-mail seeking comment and a voicemail box at the agency was full.
