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You & The Law: Adoptions

Buffalo Toronto Public Media | By Mike Desmond
Published September 7, 2012 at 5:08 PM EDT

Approximately 300 children who are waiting to be adopted in Erie County. 

Hundreds of adoptions take place each year in the county.  On this week's edition of You & The Law, WBFO & AM-970's Mike Desmond talks with Attorney John Brenon about who is adopting and where the children are coming from.  
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Mike Desmond
Mike Desmond is one of Western New York’s most experienced reporters, having spent nearly a half-century covering the region for newspapers, television stations and public radio. He has been with WBFO and its predecessor, WNED-AM, since 1988. As a reporter for WBFO, he has covered literally thousands of stories involving education, science, business, the environment and many other issues. Mike has been a long-time theater reviewer for a variety of publications and was formerly a part-time reporter for The New York Times.
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