@Rebbetzin
Domestic adoption was not a viable option at the time. CT Dept if Social Services directives at the time called for:
#1 placement of children in same race families if possible
#2 no placement in families that already had 2 or more children
#3 placement in same religion families if possible
#4 no placement in families where both parents were older than 40
Thus it was not an option. We had fostered a black female from birth and attempted the adoption and she was removed by DCF when a black family wanted her
So we went the international route