UPDATE on Temporary Suspension of Huminska’s Anioly

On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, we reported that Huminska’s Anioly had their accreditation suspended for 30 days (see: http://pear-now.blogspot.com/2012/03/huminskas-anioly-faces-30-day.html) Today we received the following report from COA concerning the basis for the suspension:The complaint on which this suspension is based was filed in November 2010. Nature of the Substantiated Violations: 96.35(a) & 96.44(a) – The agency provided a referral to …

Huminska’s Anioly Faces 30 Day Suspension

PEAR has received a confirmed report that Huminska’s Anioly, an agency providing adoption services for families adopting from Poland, has received a temporary suspension from COA. The suspension is for 30 days during which time HA may not assist in any Hague adoptions. HA is making arrangements under the Hague Regulations to transfer cases to another provider if client’s adoption …

Alert: Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Saint Mary’s International Adoption

Alert: Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Saint Mary’s International Adoption On September 2, 2011, the Council on Accreditation made the decision to temporarily suspend Saint Mary’s International Adoption for failing to maintain substantial compliance with the Hague accreditation standards. Saint Mary’s International Adoption is a Hague accredited adoption service provider; however, they are authorized to operate in …

UPDATE: Poland – PEAR’s Cautionary Statement on Adoption from Poland

PEAR’s Cautionary Statement on Adoptions from Poland Over the past four months PEAR has received numerous complaints and requests for assistance from families who are in the process of adopting from Poland or who have completed a recent adoption from Poland. The majority of these situations involved inaccurate, incomplete, or falsified medical and psychosocial histories of the children to be …