More than 70 children joined permanent families in San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County Children and Family Services' 26th annual Adoption Finalization Event at the Ontario Convention Center made adoptions official for more than 70 children ages 8 months to 16 years.
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More than 70 children joined permanent families at San Bernardino County's 26th annual Adoption Finalization Event, ABC7 Los Angeles reported. Children and Family Services held it at the Ontario Convention Center. The children ranged from 8 months to 16 years old. The event is where those adoptions became official. The count is the children whose adoptions were finalized there, across that age range.
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More than 70 children in San Bernardino County, California, had their adoptions made official at one event, ABC7 Los Angeles reported. It was the 26th annual Adoption Finalization Event, held by Children and Family Services at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, California. The children ranged from 8 months old to 16 years old. Finalization means a court makes the adoption official. More than 70 is how many children reached that step at this gathering, not a count of every child in the county who still needs a family.
- What does it mean for an adoption to become official?
- Why hold one event for children of very different ages?
- How is a permanent family different from a temporary home?
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