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She Was Told She Couldn't Adopt Her Foster Daughter. Six Years Later, She Did.

Leah Paskalides, a case worker with Florida's Safe Children Coalition, was barred by conflict-of-interest rules from adopting Monyay, a girl she mentored after Monyay entered a foster group home at 11. Monyay turned 18 in 2019 and aged out of the system; Leah then saw a documentary about adult adoption, and in 2021 — when Monyay was 19 — she adopted her. Nationally, about 23,000 kids age out of foster care each year.

Source: She Was Told She Couldn't Adopt Her Foster Daughter. Six Years Later, She Did. — Upworthy

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