Speaking from experience here -

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Foreigners wishing to adopt Russian children should undergo mandatory parenting courses and psychological testing, the government has said.

Well, if you want to adopt a child in your own county here in Los Angeles, you do. Really really.

And yes, I am planning to take that home study they did and shop it around. You betcha.

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Past that?

North Carolina? AGAIN? WTF.