U.S. Couple Seeks Damages Against Overseas Adoption Agency For Overselling Talents Of Adoptee -- Cont'd
According to Ms. Berson, the emotional toll caused by Adam’s condition has been devastating. “We prayed for a child to come into our lives who would make our family complete,” she said. “When his first grades started coming back from pre-Kindergarten my heart just sank.” Although Adam has advanced through pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten on schedule he has given middling performances. He also allegedly has not shown any adeptness in his piano lessons notwithstanding his biological mother’s alleged career as a concert violinist.
Even while the Bersons have suffered they have sank thousands more in Adam’s care. “We thought about dropping him off at the fire department, but each time we packed his things we couldn’t go through with it,” said Mr. Berson.
“When his first grades started coming back from pre-Kindergarten my heart just sank.”
Although the Bersons may seem sympathetic they have an uphill battle ahead. “For parents adopting children from former Soviet republics it is difficult to prove who the biological parents are and what they are about,” said Santa Marino College law professor and adoption law expert Samuel C. Pikes. “Evidence gathering becomes nearly impossible if foreign courts do not cooperate.”
In all the legal wrangling and emotional trauma there seems to be one voice that is not heard and must not be neglected. One voice that has no advocate but desperately needs one -- Adam’s would be sister, Kate Berson, now nine-years-old. She thought she was getting a little brother but instead she has a family torn apart. “I want to have a little brother to play with,” Kate said. “I want him to be smart.” For now, Kate plays alone.
